{"id":404,"date":"2022-03-24T13:22:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T12:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eovision.at\/esa-schoolatlas\/?page_id=404"},"modified":"2025-03-19T10:24:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T09:24:17","slug":"remotesensing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/it\/remotesensing\/","title":{"rendered":"Satellite Remote Sensing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a class=\"glossaryLink\" title=\"Glossary: Earth observation\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Earth observation&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Observation of the Earth from space, mostly based on satellites.&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/it\/glossary\/earth-observation\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Earth Observation<\/a> Methods<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 25%; height: 25%; padding: 0px 15px 5px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/wp-content\/gismaps_maps\/Images\/s_chapters_rs.jpg\" align=\"left\"\/><a class=\"glossaryLink\" title=\"Glossary: satellite\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;satellite&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;A free-flying object orbiting the Earth, another planet, or the sun.&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/it\/glossary\/satellite\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Satellite<\/a> <a class=\"glossaryLink\" title=\"Glossary: remote sensing\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;remote sensing&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;The technology of acquiring data and information about an object or phenomena by a device without physical contact. Earth remote sensing refers to gathering information about the Earth and its environment from a distance, e.g. with satellites.&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/it\/glossary\/remote-sensing\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">remote sensing<\/a> comprises all activities connected with collecting information about the Earth system using space borne instruments. During the past decades, satellite remote sensing has become an extremely wide field as the number of satellites and used data acquisition systems have increased enormously. This section shall provide a high-level overview of some important systems and their principles. Applications are presented in the other sections, which follow a thematic approach.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><h3>Select your Case Study:<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color:#777777\">\n<th colspan=\"2\" style=\"border:0; padding-left:10px;\"><strong>From satellite data to information<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 120px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/11\/rsp09_1_bands.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zoom-effect alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/11\/rsp09_1_bands.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/remotesensing\/spectral-information\/\">Spectral information<\/a>:<br>\nWhat information is collected by Earth observation satellites?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/11\/rsp09_2_infrared.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zoom-effect alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/11\/rsp09_2_infrared.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/remotesensing\/infrared-data\/\">Natural colours and <\/a><a class=\"glossaryLink\" title=\"Glossary: false colour\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;false colour&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;A colour imaging process which produces an image of a colour that does not correspond to the true or natural colour of the scene (as seen by our eyes). In Earth observation often used e.g. with infrared data (False colour Infrared, FIR).&lt;\/div&gt;\" href=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/it\/glossary\/false-colour\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">False colour<\/a> infrared:<br>\nWhy do we use different data visualisations?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/11\/rsp09_4_indices.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zoom-effect alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/11\/rsp09_4_indices.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/remotesensing\/indices\/\">Spectral Indices<\/a>:<br>\nReducing the complexity of data and focusing on the features of interest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/11\/rsp09_3_radar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zoom-effect alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/11\/rsp09_3_radar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/esa-schoolatlas.eu\/esa-schoolatlas\/remotesensing\/radar-satellite-data\/\">Radar satellites<\/a>:<br>\nRadar data allow to get views despite darkness and clouds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earth Observation Methods Satellite remote sensing comprises all activities connected with collecting information about the Earth system using space borne instruments. 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