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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

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Greek

  • εικόνα

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/22326

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