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ANGULO INCIDENCIA MULTIPLE [1 record]

Record 1 2007-01-31

English

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

Images acquired with different incidence angles may be used in combination to improve land cover discrimination, but since each image has to be acquired on a different day, any composite image will also include a temporal change component.

OBS

incidence angle: The angle defined by the incident radar beam and the vertical (normal) to the intercepting surface.

OBS

multiple incidence angle: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

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

Des données multi-temporelles et à angle d'incidence variée ont été acquises par l'antenne SAR polarimétrique [...] dans des conditions de feuillaison (été) et de défeuillaison (hiver).

OBS

angle d'incidence : Angle, en un point du sol, entre la verticale et la direction du satellite.

OBS

angle d'incidence multiple : 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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