satellite imagery
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsatelliteandimagery
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satellite
noun[C]
uk/ˈsæt.əl.aɪt/us/ˈsæt̬.əl.aɪt/
a device sent up into space to travel around the earth, used for collecting information or communicating by radio, ...
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imagery
noun[U]
uk/ˈɪm.ɪ.dʒər.i/us/ˈɪm.ə.dʒər.i/
the use of words or pictures in books, films, paintings, etc. to describe ideas ...
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(Definition ofsatelliteandimageryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Microenvironmental variation within the wetlands was elucidated and the different vegetation associations identified in thesatelliteimagery.
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The analysis shows how the strategic incorporation ofsatelliteimagerymay minimize field collection of data.
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Estimates of island area were obtained fromsatelliteimagery.
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The airborne andsatelliteimageryreveals areas of vegetational change, linear features, elevations on which sites are located, and the course of rivers and drainages.
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With advances insatelliteimageryand related technology it is possible to provide excellent assessments of the geography of tsetse habitat.
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The area-wide sampling of tsetse fly, aided bysatelliteimagery, is the subject of two separate papers.
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This can be clearly seen in data constructed fromsatelliteimagery(table 1).
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The rationale is to seek to minimize the use of ground collected data and to optimizesatelliteimageryapplication.
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As of this writing, the world is still waiting for commercially available, near real-time, sub-2 metersatelliteimagery.
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A reliable classification bysatelliteimagerydepends on the quantity and the quality of ground checks.
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While the resource implications feature, many papers show the area's pre-eminence as a natural deformation laboratory through the combination of excellentsatelliteimagery, geodetic and seismological data.
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Multitemporal analyses ofsatelliteimageryfrom two frontier areas reveal that fire frequency over 12-14-y periods was substantially elevated within at least 2400 m of forest margins.
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Detailed information on fire frequency at the landscape scale is only available from 1980 onwards and is based on mapping of fire scars fromsatelliteimagery.
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Such maps, if they are to have circumpolar coverage, can only feasibly be produced on a routine basis usingsatelliteimageryhaving wide swaths but comparatively coarse resolution.
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Integrated with an area-wide ground sampling system and timelysatelliteimageryof habitats and rainfall, such a network could clearly be utilized for insect pest management purposes.
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Secondly, a better understanding of the link between spatial patterns of rainfall and herd mobility, usingsatelliteimagery, can aid in designing disaster preparedness plans, particularly response to drought.
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The measurement variable was applied to those 28 country cases that conducted direct measurement of forest cover loss throughsatelliteimageryin the 1981-90 period.
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It is thus likely that baseline vegetation maps will be reliant on coarserresolution and more generalised maps based at least to some extent onsatelliteimagery.
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