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Record 1 2005-12-07

English

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

... theoretical Arctic coverage of RADARSAT, based on the ScanSAR operating mode with a swath width of 500 km.

CONT

... ScanSAR operating mode for wide swath data acquisition .

OBS

ScanSAR: A radar having the capability to illuminate several subswaths by scanning its antenna off-nadir into different positions.

OBS

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

French

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

[...] un mode de fonctionnement «ScanSAR» par balayage du faisceau en hauteur.

OBS

ScanSAR : Radar ayant la capacité d'éclairer plusieurs sous-couloirs par déplacement latéral de l'antenne dans différentes positions.

OBS

mode de fonctionnement «ScanSAR» : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Silviculture
DEF

Of a standing tree, the ratio of the crown diameter in feet to the diameter breast-height over bark in inches.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sylviculture

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Processing of Mineral Products
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
OBS

See "rewash" (v.).

Key term(s)
  • re-cleaning

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation des produits miniers
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
DEF

Opération qui consiste à retraiter un préconcentré.

Spanish

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