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radargrammetry
The analysis of the photographs taken from the radar display of a survey aircraft and used when recording terrain that is...
fog
1. A term used to describe the clouded appearance of an incompletely polished surface that scatters light. 2. The...
Mie scattering
Mie scattering, named after the German physicist Gustav Mie, refers to the scattering of electromagnetic radiation (such as...
photogrammetry
Photogrammetry is a technique used to obtain accurate three-dimensional measurements of objects and environments through the...
lidar
Lidar, short for light detection and ranging, is a remote sensing technology that uses laser light to measure distances and...
high-pressure cloud chamber
A cloud chamber designed to maintain the gas within it at a high pressure as a means of reducing the range of the...
thematic mapper
An instrument used to record infrared images of large areas. The recorded data are used to produce maps in false color...
very long baseline interferometry
Consists of a pair of radio telescopes concentrated on a single celestial object. This technique creates a single radio...
mid-infrared camera
A mid-infrared camera is a type of imaging device designed to capture images in the mid-infrared (mid-IR) spectral range,...
ionization gauge
A type of radiation detector that depends on the ionization produced in a gas by the passage of a charged particle through...
radioactivity detector
An instrument used to detect radioactive materials: alpha particles or helium nuclei; beta particles or free electrons; and...
visioceilometer
An instrument that uses an erbium:glass laser to determine cloud height from the ground.
embedded vision
Embedded vision refers to the integration of computer vision technologies into various embedded systems, devices, or...
laser ceilometer
A device used for measuring the height of clouds from a position on the ground. Measurement technique uses a vertically...
halo
1. The faintly hued ring that is seen to surround a light source viewed through fog or light clouds. The size of scattering...
Forbush decrease
Decrease in cosmic ray activity that is observed approximately 24 hours after a solar flare, attributed to a shielding...
scanning tunneling microscope
A high-resolution imaging instrument that can detect and measure the positions of individual atoms on the surface of a...
point cloud
A point cloud is a set of data points in a three-dimensional coordinate system, where each point represents a specific...
laser cloud mapper
A scanning laser radar system applied to transmission and concentration analysis in three dimensions of clouds as well as...
turbidity
Turbidity is a measure of the cloudiness or haziness of a fluid caused by the presence of suspended particles. These...
aerosol
A two-phase system consisting of dispersed liquid or solid particles in a gas; examples include dust, smoke and clouds.
hill cloud lens
A fish-eye lens designed to photograph cloud formations over the entire visible sky.

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