Preferred term
image
Definition
- [NASA] Pictorial representation of data acquired by satellite systems, such as direct readout images from environmental satellites. An image is not a photograph. An image is composed of two-dimensional grids of individual picture elements (pixels). Each pixel has a numeric value that corresponds to the radiance or temperature of the specific ground area it depicts.
Broader concept
In other languages
Greek
- εικόνα
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/22326