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RADAR RESOLUTION [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
OBS

[The term] "resolution" refers to the ability of a system to differentiate two image features corresponding to two closely spaced small objects in the illuminated scene when the brightness of the two objects in question are comparable and fall within the dynamic range of the radar in question. (Definition adapted from Lord Rayleigh [1879]).

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
OBS

[Le terme] «résolution» réfère à la capacité d'un système de discriminer deux éléments rapprochés de l'image éclairée lorsque la brillance des deux objets est comparable et est dans la portée dynamique du radar (définition adaptée d'après Lord Rayleigh [1879]).

OBS

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

Spanish

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