3 Data Available from Remote Sensing
This chapter will describe the different types of remote sensing data available and locations on the Internet where remotely sensed data sets can be found. The satellite instruments and missions that collect the data are often referred to by their instrument acronyms, such as Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS), or satellite acronyms such as the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission. In this chapter, we will give abbreviated notations when introducing each data set.
3.1 Optical Data
3.1.1 Passive: Visible and Infrared
Passive optical data sets are probably the easiest to understand as these data ...
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