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    The document defines key terms related to remote sensing including: blackbody, energy balance, diffuse reflector, atmospheric window, non-selective scattering, absorption band, electromagnetic spectrum, and emissivity. It explains that a blackbody absorbs all radiation, energy balance occurs when intake equals expenditure, a diffuse reflector scatters light in multiple directions, atmospheric windows allow certain wavelengths to pass through the atmosphere, non-selective scattering causes white appearances, absorption bands are characteristic wavelength ranges, the electromagnetic spectrum is the distribution of radiation by frequency or wavelength, and emissivity is the ratio of radiation from a material to a blackbody.

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    The document defines key terms related to remote sensing including: blackbody, energy balance, diffuse reflector, atmospheric window, non-selective scattering, absorption band, electromagnetic spectrum, and emissivity. It explains that a blackbody absorbs all radiation, energy balance occurs when intake equals expenditure, a diffuse reflector scatters light in multiple directions, atmospheric windows allow certain wavelengths to pass through the atmosphere, non-selective scattering causes white appearances, absorption bands are characteristic wavelength ranges, the electromagnetic spectrum is the distribution of radiation by frequency or wavelength, and emissivity is the ratio of radiation from a material to a blackbody.

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    GE 143

    REMOTE SENSING

    I. Define or Explain briefly the following terms.

    a. Blackbody, also spelled black body, in physics, a surface that absorbs all radiant


    energy falling on it. The term arises because incident visible light will be
    absorbed rather than reflected, and therefore the surface will appear black. The
    concept of such a perfect absorber of energy is extremely useful in the study
    of radiation phenomena, as in Planck’s radiation law for the spectral energy
    distribution of the radiation reemitted after it is absorbed.
    b. Energy balance is defined as the state achieved when the energy intake equals
    energy expenditure. This concept may be used to demonstrate how bodyweight
    will change over time in response to changes in energy intake and expenditure.
    When the body is in energy balance, bodyweight is stable.
    c. Diffuse reflector any surface with irregularities so large compared to
    the wavelength of the incident radiation that the reflected rays are sent back in
    multiple directions; the opposite of a specular reflector, such as a mirror.
    d. Atmospheric window is a range of wavelengths of the electromagnetic
    spectrum that can pass through the earth's atmosphere. The optical, infrared
    and radio windows comprise the three main atmospheric windows.
    e. Non selective scattering gets its name from the fact that all wavelengths are
    scattered about equally. This type of scattering causes fog and clouds to appear
    white to our eyes because blue, green, and red light are all scattered in
    approximately equal quantities (blue+green+red light = white light).
    f. An absorption band is a range of wavelengths, frequencies or energies in the
    electromagnetic spectrum which are characteristic of a particular transition
    from initial to final state in a substance.
    g. Electromagnetic spectrum, the entire distribution of electromagnetic radiation
    according to frequency or wavelength. ... Radio waves, infrared rays, visible
    light, ultraviolet rays, X-rays, and gamma rays are all types of electromagnetic
    radiation.
    h. Emissivity is defined as the ratio of the energy radiated from a material's
    surface to that radiated from a perfect emitter, known as a blackbody, at the
    same temperature and wavelength and under the same viewing conditions. It is
    a dimensionless number between 0 (for a perfect reflector) and 1 (for a perfect
    emitter).
    i.

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