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POLARIMETRIC DATUM [1 record]

Record 1 2007-01-31

English

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

[A type of] data used in the study of scattering mechanisms and in resolving ambiguities about the source of scattering.

OBS

Polarimetric data will provide increased information content useful for improved land cover classifications with single-date imagery.

OBS

polarimetric datum: term usually used in the plural.

OBS

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

PHR

Multipolarimetric datum.

Key term(s)
  • polarimetric data

French

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

Donnée servant à l'étude des mécanismes de diffusion et à la levée des ambiguïtés liées aux causes de ce phénomène.

OBS

donnée polarimétrique : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

PHR

Donnée multipolarimétrique.

Key term(s)
  • données polarimétriques

Spanish

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