Abstract: In this chapter we consider aircraft and satellites as platforms for remote sensing. There are other, less commonly used, means of holding a sensor aloft, for examples towers, balloons, model aircraft and kites, but we will not discuss these. The reason for this, apart from their comparative infrequency of use, is that most remote sensing systems make direct or indirect use of the relative motion of the sensor and the target, and this is more easily controllable or predictable in the case of aircraft and spacecraft. Figure 10.1 shows schematically the range of platforms, and their corresponding altitudes above the Earth's surface.
Publication Year: 2001
Publication Date: 2001-09-13
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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