remote sensing
noun
technical
: the use of satellites to collect information about and take photographs of the Earth
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The office helped streamline post-Cold War export controls for space technologies, created a new license process for commercial remote sensing satellites, helped negotiate international trade agreements for launch services, and led the first space trade mission to post-Soviet Russia.
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Scott Pace, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2016
The work—undertaken by remote sensing specialist Marin Govorcin of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California—reveals how vertical land motions can be unpredictable in both scale and speed.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
Using digital photography and the remote sensing method known as lidar, the researchers aim to map the complex for the first time, in part to determine which portions are most vulnerable to decay, and therefore most in need of protection.
—Alastair Lee Bitsóí, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
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In southern Mexico, remote sensing technology has recently provided a snapshot of a 15th century archaeological site in its heyday, revealing a bustling city built by the pre-Columbian Zapotec culture.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
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Scott Pace, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2016
The work—undertaken by remote sensing specialist Marin Govorcin of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California—reveals how vertical land motions can be unpredictable in both scale and speed.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
Using digital photography and the remote sensing method known as lidar, the researchers aim to map the complex for the first time, in part to determine which portions are most vulnerable to decay, and therefore most in need of protection.
—Alastair Lee Bitsóí, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
Newsletter Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news
In southern Mexico, remote sensing technology has recently provided a snapshot of a 15th century archaeological site in its heyday, revealing a bustling city built by the pre-Columbian Zapotec culture.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for remote sensing
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“Remote sensing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/remote%20sensing. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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