remote sensing

Also known as remote sensing technology

acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object, especially the Earth

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Remote sensing is a way of gathering information about something—like the Earth's surface—without actually touching it or being physically present there. It matters because it lets scientists and organizations study large areas quickly and safely, monitoring things like weather patterns, land use, environmental changes, and natural disasters from a distance.

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Untethered Micro/Nanorobots for Remote Sensing: Toward Intelligent Platform.ReviewNano-micro letters · 2023Wang Q, Yang S, Zhang LDOI: 10.1007/s40820-023-01261-9
Remote sensing and modeling fusion for investigating the ecosystem water-carbon coupling processes.ReviewThe Science of the total environment · 2019Sun P, Wu Y, Xiao J et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134064
Remote Sensing Techniques for Water Quality Monitoring: A Review.ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Jaywant SA, Arif KMDOI: 10.3390/s24248041
UAV remote sensing applications in marine monitoring: Knowledge visualization and review.ReviewThe Science of the total environment · 2022Yang Z, Yu X, Dedman S et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155939
Optical Remote Sensing in Provisioning of Ecosystem-Functions Analysis-Review.ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Vyvlečka P, Pechanec VDOI: 10.3390/s23104937
Remote Sensing Approaches for Meteorological Disaster Monitoring: Recent Achievements and New Challenges.ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Ye PDOI: 10.3390/ijerph19063701
Remote sensing for mapping algal blooms in freshwater lakes: a review.ReviewEnvironmental science and pollution research international · 2023Rolim SBA, Veettil BK, Vieiro AP et al.DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-25230-2
Remote sensing and GIS applications for municipal waste management.ReviewJournal of environmental management · 2019Singh ADOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.05.017

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Synthetic aperture radar image of Death Valley colored using polarimetry

Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object, in contrast to in situ or on-site observation. The term is applied especially to acquiring information about Earth and other planets. Remote sensing is used in numerous fields, including geophysics, geography, land surveying and most Earth science disciplines (e.g. exploration geophysics, hydrology, ecology, meteorology, oceanography, glaciology, geology). It also has military, intelligence, commercial, economic, planning, and humanitarian applications, among others.