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MULTILOOK [1 record]

Record 1 2007-04-26

English

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

An imaging radar data processing mode used to reduce speckle by image superposition of a same scene.

OBS

The multilook process reduces the noise and results in less speckle on the image. There is, however, an increase in coarseness of the spatial resolution.

OBS

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

PHR

Multilook parameter, SAR image.

Key term(s)
  • multi look

French

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

Mode de traitement des données d'un radar imageur permettant de réduire le chatoiement par la superposition d'images d'une même scène.

OBS

Dans un radar à synthèse d'ouverture, la multivisée réduit le chatoiement au détriment de la résolution géométrique appelée aussi «résolution spatiale».

OBS

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

Key term(s)
  • multi-visée

Spanish

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