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Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by John G. Webster, Halit Eren
February 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1921 pages
82h 13m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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79.1 What Can Be Seen from Satellite Imagery?
Satellite imaging and sensing is the process by which the electromagnetic energy reected or emitted
from the Earth (or any other planetary) surface is captured by a sensor located on a spaceborne platform.
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