remote sensing

noun

1. the science of gathering data on an object or area from a considerable distance, as with radar or infrared photography, to observe the earth or a heavenly body.

remote sensing

noun

1. the use of an instrument, such as a radar device or camera, to scan the earth or another planet from space in order to collect data about some aspect of it

Other Word Forms

• remote-sensing adjective

Example Sentences

Remote sensing data collected by orbiting spacecraft like those used for this study provide researchers with a basic idea of the composition of the moon's surface, according to Andrews-Hanna.

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Currently scientists have been measuring individual trees and trying to extrapolate, but this presents a "huge challenge" said Prof Mat Disney, professor of remote sensing, at University College London.

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"Our knowledge of subglacial lacustrine environments has hinged largely on satellite measurements and radar mapping," Bell said, noting that the under-ice Lake Vostok – first suggested by Soviet sounding studies in the 1950s and 1960s – was at last confirmed in 1993 using laser altimetry from the European Remote Sensing-1 satellite.

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Dr. John Barentine, an astronomer, dark sky consultant and historian of astronomy in Arizona, even pointed to the background image he uses for video calls as he spoke with Salon: it's a global composite image of Earth made by remote sensing platforms in space.

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Another was in the commercial remote sensing regulatory affairs division, affecting the staff responsible for oversight of remote sensing from space that allows us to understand the scale of the problem of light pollution down on Earth.

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