- "Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object, in contrast to in situ or on-site observation."
The use of aerial and satellite imagery to gather information about the environment. Remote sensing is used for many military applications, including reconnaissance and target identification.
Electromagnetic Radiation: Understanding the principles of electromagnetic radiation is vital in remote sensing as remote sensors capture, record and analyze electromagnetic radiation emitted, reflected or scattered by the earth’s surface.
Remote Sensing Platforms: Drones, satellites, and other airborne devices utilized in remote sensing of military geography and their characteristics, benefits and drawbacks.
Types of Remote Sensing: Active and passive remote sensing, their applications, and benefits.
Interpretation of Remote Sensing Imagery: Image acquisition, processing, and interpretation, including image classification and how to read images.
Multispectral Remote Sensing: Understanding multispectral sensors and their communication and data acquisition systems.
Remote Sensing Applications: Utilization of remote sensing technology in various areas including environmental, defense and military applications.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Understanding the integration of remote sensing and GIS technology, its application in military geography.
Remote Sensing Data Analysis: Techniques for analyzing remote sensing data, including image enhancement techniques and statistical analysis.
Sensors and detectors: Understanding the various sensors, their characteristics and functions.
Spatial Resolution and Spectral Resolution: Understanding the measurement of the spatial and spectral characteristics of remote sensing imagery.
Global Positioning System (GPS): Integration of GPS positioning system in remote sensing technology.
Data Processing: Understanding the processing of remote sensing data for further analysis.
Image Processing: Principles of image processing and how to process remote sensing images.
Geometric Correction: Understanding geometric correction, image registration basics, and image transformation principles.
Radar Remote Sensing: Understanding radar data processing, creation and functioning of radar images.
Passive Remote Sensing: This type of remote sensing uses the energy that is naturally emitted or reflected by the Earth's surface, such as sunlight or thermal radiation, to obtain information about the Earth's surface.
Active Remote Sensing: Active remote sensing involves the transmission of energy from a sensor to the Earth's surface and then the measurement of the energy that is returned to the sensor. Examples include radar and LiDAR.
Optical Remote Sensing: This type of remote sensing involves the use of visible, near-infrared, and thermal-infrared radiation to obtain information about the Earth's surface.
Microwave Remote Sensing: Microwave remote sensing uses the longer wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum to penetrate through the Earth's atmosphere and obtain information about the Earth's surface. Radar is a common example of microwave remote sensing.
Infrared Remote Sensing: Infrared remote sensing involves the use of longer wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum to measure the thermal energy emitted by the Earth's surface.
UV Remote Sensing: Ultraviolet remote sensing involves the use of shorter wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum to measure the UV energy reflected or emitted by the Earth's surface.
Thermal Remote Sensing: Thermal remote sensing measures the thermal radiation emitted by the Earth's surface.
Multi-spectral Remote Sensing: Multi-spectral remote sensing involves the use of several bands of the electromagnetic spectrum to provide detailed information about the Earth's surface.
Hyperspectral Remote Sensing: Hyperspectral remote sensing involves the use of many narrow, contiguous bands of the electromagnetic spectrum to obtain detailed information about the Earth's surface.
Radiometric Remote Sensing: Radiometric remote sensing involves measuring the intensity of radiation emitted, reflected or transmitted by the Earth's surface or the atmosphere.
Geometric Remote Sensing: Geometric remote sensing involves measurements of the size, shape and orientation of objects on the Earth's surface.
Lidar Remote Sensing: LIDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) is an optical remote sensing technology that measures distance using laser light.
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR): SAR is a type of active remote sensing that uses the movement between an antenna on the sensor and the Earth's surface or an object to create a synthetic aperture and generate a high-resolution image.
Sonar Remote Sensing: Sonar remote sensing uses sound waves to detect and locate objects underwater. It is used for detecting submarines and underwater mines.
- "Remote sensing is used in numerous fields, including geophysics, geography, land surveying, and most Earth science disciplines."
- "Exploration geophysics, hydrology, ecology, meteorology, oceanography, glaciology, geology"
- "It also has military, intelligence, commercial, economic, planning, and humanitarian applications, among others."
- "The term remote sensing generally refers to the use of satellite- or aircraft-based sensor technologies to detect and classify objects on Earth."
- "It includes the surface and the atmosphere and oceans, based on propagated signals."
- "Active remote sensing is when a signal is emitted by a satellite or aircraft to the object and its reflection detected by the sensor." - "Passive remote sensing is when the reflection of sunlight is detected by the sensor."
- "The term is applied especially to acquiring information about Earth and other planets."
- "It includes the surface and the atmosphere and oceans, based on propagated signals (e.g. electromagnetic radiation)."
- "It may be split into 'active' remote sensing and 'passive' remote sensing."
- "Active remote sensing is when a signal is emitted by a satellite or aircraft to the object and its reflection detected by the sensor." - "Passive remote sensing is when the reflection of sunlight is detected by the sensor."
- "The term remote sensing generally refers to the use of satellite- or aircraft-based sensor technologies to detect and classify objects on Earth."
- "It includes the surface and the atmosphere and oceans, based on propagated signals (e.g. electromagnetic radiation)."
- "Exploration geophysics, hydrology, ecology, meteorology, oceanography, glaciology, geology"
- "It also has military, intelligence, commercial, economic, planning, and humanitarian applications, among others."
- "Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object, in contrast to in situ or on-site observation."
- "The term is applied especially to acquiring information about Earth and other planets."
- "Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object."
- "Remote sensing is used in numerous fields, including geophysics, geography, land surveying and most Earth science disciplines."
- "Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object, in contrast to in situ or on-site observation."