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FALSE-COLOUR INFRARED FILM [1 record]

Record 1 2015-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
  • Mathematical Geography
  • Photography
DEF

A film different from ordinary colour film in that the three sensitized layers are sensitive to green, red and infrared radiation instead of blue, green and red.

CONT

Colour infrared film (CIR film) is sometimes described as "false colour film". Its three photo sensitive layers generate a colour composite which is built out of the colours yellow-green and red of the visible spectrum and the red of the near infrared spectrum.

OBS

colour infrared film: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

Key term(s)
  • colour IR film
  • color camouflage detection film
  • false-color infrared film
  • false color film
  • false color infrared film
  • false colour infrared film

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
  • Géographie mathématique
  • Photographie
DEF

Film dont les couches sensibles de la pellicule réagissent au vert, au rouge et au rayonnement infrarouge.

OBS

film infrarouge couleur : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

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