GEMET
General
Multilingual
Environmental
Thesaurus
remote sensing
Definition

1) The scientific detection, recognition, inventory and analysis of land and water area by the use of distant sensors or recording devices such as photography, thermal scanners, radar, etc. 2) Complex of techniques for the remote measure of electromagnetic energy emitted by objects.

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Scope note

Scope note is not available.

Concept URL: http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/7102