Remote Sensing Science Olympiad Study Guide Verified And Updated

Remote Sensing Science Olympiad Study Guide Verified And Updated Remote Sensing - answercollection and interpretation of information about an object without being in physical contact with the object ATI - answerApparent thermal inertia AVHRR - answerAdvanced Very High Resolution Radiometer AVIRIS - answerAirborne visible and infrared imaging spectrometer CALIPSO - answerCloud-Aerosol Lider and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations CCD - answerCharge-coupled detector CCT - answerComputer-compatible tape COSMIC - answerComputer Software Management and Information Center CRT - answerCathode ray tube CZCS - answerCoastal Zone color scanner EDC - answerEROS Data Center EOSAT - answerThe commercial company that took over operations of the Landsat system in 1985 ERBSS - answerEarth Radiation Budget Sensor System EREP - answerEarth Resources Experiment Package EROS - answerEarth Resources Observation System ERTS - answerEarth Resource Technology Satellite ESA - answerEuropean Space Agency ETC - answerEarth-terrain camera GCP - answerGround-control point GMT - answerGreenwich mean time GOES - answerGeostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GRACE - answerGravity Recovery and Climate Experiment GSFC - answerGoddard Space Flight Center HCMM - answerHeat Capacity Mapping Mission HIRIS - answerHigh Resolution Imaging Spectrometer HIRS - answerHigh Resolution Infrared Spectrometer HRPT - answerHigh Resolution Picture Transmission IFOV - answerInstantaneous field of view IHS - answerIntensity, hue and saturation system of colors IR - answerInfrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum that includes wavelengths from 0.7m to 1mm. ISO Index - answerIndex of the International Standards Organization JPL - answerJet Propulsion Laboratory LACIE - answerLarge Area Crop Inventory Experiment LFC - answerLarge-format camera MODIS - answerModerate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer MOMS - answerModular optoelectric multispectal scanner MOS-1 - answerMarine Observation Satellite MSS - answerMultispectral scanner system of Landsat that acquires images of four wavelengths bands in the visible and reflected IR regions NASA - answerNational Aeronautical and Space Administration NHAP - answerNational High Altitude Photography program of the U.S. Geological Survey NOAA - answerNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NSSDC - answerNational Space Science Data Center OMS - answerOrbital maneuvering system RBV - answerReturn-beam vidicon SAMII - answerStratospheric Aerosol Measurement experiment, carried by Nimbis-7 SAMS - answerStratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder, carried by Nimbus-7 SBUV - answerSolar Back-scatter Ultraviolet Instrument carried by NOAA satellites SEAWifs - answerSea-viewing Wide Field of View Sensor SIR - answerShuttle Imaging Radar SLAR - answerSide-looking airborne radar SMIRR - answerShuttle Multispectral Infrared Radiometer SMMR - answerScanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer SPOT - answerSysteme Probatoire d'Observation del la Terre SSU - answerStratosphere Sounding Unit TDRS - answerTracking and Data Relay Satellite THIR - answerTemperature-Humidity Infrared Radiometer TIMS - answerThermal IR Multispectral scanner TM - answerThematic mapper TOMS - answerTotal Ozone Mapping Spectrometer TOVS - answerTIROS- Operational Vertical Sounder TRMM - answerTropical Rainfall Measuring Mission UHF - answerUltra High Frequency UTC - answerUniversal Time Coordinated UV - answerUltraviolet region of the electromagnetic spectrum ranging in wavelengths from 0.01 to 0.4m VAS VISSR - answerAtmospheric Sounder, carried by GEOS satellites VISSR - answerVisible Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer carried by the GEOS satellites bilinear interpolation - answercalculates value for each output pixel based on a weighted average of the four nearest input pixels cubic convolution - answermost widely used; uses weighted average of values within a neighborhood of 16 pixels destriping - answerapplication of algorithms to adjust incorrect brightness values to values thought to be near the correct value DOS - answerdirect method for adjusting digital values for atmospheric degradation; corrects additive effects of atmospheric scattering GCPs - answerplaces on the input image that can be located with precision on the ground and on planimetrically correct maps georeferencing - answerresampling of an image requires matching the reference image and the reference points corresponding to specific location on ground; coordinate system HMM - answeradjusts digital values for atmospheric degradation; applied to entire scene nearest neighbor - answersimplest strategy; assign each corrected pixel the value from the nearest uncorrected pixel reference data - answerinformation assumed to be correct RMSE - answerroot mean square error; standard deviation of the difference between actual positions of GCPs and their calculated positions striping - answerdropped scan lines, horizontal banding caused by small differences in the sensitives of detectors within the sensor AMOEBA - answerbasic strategy for unsupervised classification; considers the locations of values as spectral classes are formed ancillary data - answerdata acquired by means other than remote sensing that are used to assist in the classification or analysis ANN - answercomputer programs that are designed to stimulate human learning processes through establishment and reinforcement of linkages between input and output data CART - answermethod for incorporating ancillary data into image classification; applies recursive division of data frequency histogram - answerseeks unimodal; mean is used as measure of central tendency; a single peak fuzzy classification - answerno distinction is possible between pixels that are central to class definition, and those that are peripheral hybrid classification - answercharacteristics of both unsupervised and supervised classification informational classes - answercategories of interest to the users of the data