Across
- 1. The practice of gathering information about an object without physical contact.
- 3. A drawing or diagram showing the arrangement of spectral bands measured by a sensor.
- 5. Acronym for radio detection and ranging
- 8. The platform that carries the sensor
- 10. The number of spectral bands a sensor can capture
- 15. The ability of a sensor to distinguish between slight differences in energy.
- 16. The ratio of reflected radiation to incident radiation for a given surface
- 17. The smallest unit of a digital image.
- 18. The information stored in one raster, often recording a specific bandwidth of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- 19. Device that receives electromagnetic radiation and converts it into a signal that can be recorded and displayed as either numerical data or an image.
Down
- 2. The range of all types of electromagnetic radiation
- 4. An active remote sensing system that uses laser pulses to measure distance
- 6. The path traced by a satellite as it passes around a planet
- 7. A type of remote sensing that relies on natural energy sources
- 9. The height of a sensor above the Earth's surface
- 11. A satellite orbit that stays in a fixed position relative to the surface of the Earth.
- 12. A type of remote sensing that provides its own source of illumination
- 13. The science of making measurements from photographs
- 14. An approximation of the earth’s surface using mean sea level