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RANGE FINDING [1 record]

Record 1 2006-05-30

English

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

Measuring distances by acoustic, optical and radio-electric methods.

DEF

The process of establishing target distance. Types of ranging include echo, intermittent, manual, navigational, explosive echo, optical, radar, etc.

OBS

ranging: term and definition standardized by NATO; range finding: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

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

Détermination des distances par procédés acoustiques, optiques, radar, etc.

OBS

Il ne faut pas confondre télémétrie et télémesure : la télémétrie est l'ensemble des techniques permettant de mesurer la distance qui sépare un observateur d'un point éloigné, alors que la télémesure regroupe tous les systèmes de transmission à distance.

OBS

télémétrie : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN; terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Meteorología
  • Teledetección
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
DEF

Proceso mediante el cual se determina la distancia al objetivo, por procedimientos acústicos, ópticos, electromagnéticos, etc.

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