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ALOS [3 records]

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Record 1 2016-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
  • Plant and Crop Production
CONT

The SAR data currently used as information's for crop monitoring relies on a multitemporal approach because ERS2 as RADARSAT 1 acquire data only a single polarization... Future spaceborne SAR such as ENVISAT-ASAR, ALOS and RADARSAT-2 will provide imagery in multiple polarizations. Based on the most recent literature this section provides a short summary of the state of art about the contribution of multipolarized imagery for agriculture application.

OBS

crop monitoring: term extracted from the “Glossaire de l’agriculture” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
DEF

Le satellite RADARSAT peut être utilisé pour la surveillance et contrôle de l'état des cultures.

OBS

surveillance des cultures : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teledetección
  • Producción vegetal
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Record 2 2012-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Indigenous Sociology
CONT

Aboriginal liaison officers(ALOs) are part of a team of Correctional Service of Canada(CSC) staff dedicated to improving efforts to rehabilitate Aboriginal offenders.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Sociologie des Autochtones
CONT

Les agents de liaison autochtones (ALA) font partie d’une équipe d’employés du Service correctionnel du Canada (SCC) qui œuvrent pour l’amélioration des efforts déployés en vue de la réadaptation des délinquants autochtones.

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

ALOS is the world largest class earth observation satellite for mapping. It is also expected to gather information about disaster and to probe resources.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

Le satellite ALOS (Advanced Land Observing Satellite) s'inscrit dans la série de satellites japonais JERS-1 (Japanese Earth Resources Satellite-1) et ADEOS (Advanced Earth Observing Satellite) faisant appel aux technologies de pointe dans le domaine de l'observation de la terre. ALOS servira pour la cartographie, l'observation régionale, le suivi des catastrophes et l'évaluation des ressources. ALOS possède trois instruments de télédétection : l'instrument panchromatique PRISM (Panchromatic Remote-sensing Instrument for Stereo Mapping) pour la cartographie numérique d'altitude, le radiomètre AVNIR-2 (Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometer type 2) pour l'observation précise de la couverture au sol, et le capteur radar PALSAR (Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar) pour l'observation de la terre de jour et de nuit et sous toutes les conditions climatiques.

Spanish

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