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laser profilometer [1 record]

Record 1 2007-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Spacecraft
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

An airborne or spaceborne instrument utilizing laser radar principles for producing a continuous record of terrain elevation along a specified line or flight path.

OBS

laser profilometer: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Télédétection
DEF

[...] instrument à exploration progressive, à contact, servant à mesurer les paramètres géométriques d'état de surface [...]

CONT

[...] mesure de la hauteur de la canopée de la forêt par rapport à la surface du sol, et la profondeur de l'eau par rapport à la surface de l'eau (profilomètre laser).

OBS

profilomètre laser : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de Radarsat-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
  • Naves espaciales
  • Teledetección
CONT

El perfilómetro láser es un equipo basado en la medida de distancias por medio de láser.

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