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NON-IMAGING SENSOR [1 record]

Record 1 2007-01-31

English

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

[A sensor] producing output signals which cannot be displayed in the form of imagery.

CONT

Sensors may be classified according to a number of different criteria. For example, there are imaging and non-imaging sensors. As their name implies, imaging sensors produce a two-dimensional picture while non-imaging sensors produce point measurements or profiles.

OBS

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

French

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

Capteur dont les enregistrements ne peuvent pas prendre la forme d'une image de la scène visée, tels les divers radiomètres ou scattéromètres.

OBS

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

Spanish

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