Remote Sensing There are many different words or phrases that we use to describe remote sensing, All those words or sentences are said or written in short to remember. Those little word are called acronyms. Below are several acronyms that are used in remote sensing.
SAR - Synthetic Aperture Radar
LIDAR - Light Detection and Ranging
MODIS - Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
Landsat - Land Remote Sensing Satellite
AVHRR - Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
DEM - Digital Elevation Model
DSM - Digital Surface Model
NDVI - Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
SRTM - Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
GSD - Ground Sample Distance
FOV - Field of View
GPS - Global Positioning System
CCD - Charge Coupled Device
SWIR - Shortwave Infrared
TIR - Thermal Infrared
AVHRR - Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometry
TM - Thematic Mapper
MSS - Multi spectral scanner
MODIS - Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
IRS - Indian Remote Sensing Satellite
IKONOS - The Greek word for 'image'
SPOT - Systeme Probatoire D’Observation De La Terre (France)
LIDAR - Laser Image Detection and Ranging
UHF - ultra high frequency
BIL - band interleaved by line
BIP - band interleaved by pixel
BSQ - band sequential
BW - black and white
CIR - color infrared
DO(Q)Q - digital orthophoto (quarter) quad
EROS - Earth Resources Observation Systems
EDC - EROS Data Center
IFOV - instantaneous field of view
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NIMA - national image and mapping agency
MRLC - multi resolution land characteristics consortium
NLCD - national land cover data
LCCP - land cover characterization program
NALC - North American Landscape Characterization Project
GAP - National Gap Analysis Program
GSFC - Goddard Space Flight Center
GSTC - Geospatial Service and Technology Center
FAS - Foreign Agricultural service
NRI - national resource inventory
FGDC - federal geographic data committee
NRCS - national resources conservation service (a USDI agency)
NAWQA - National Water Quality Assessment Program (a USGS program)
CCAP - coastal change analysis program
These acronyms are frequently used in the context of remote sensing data, instruments, and applications. Understanding their meanings can help you better interpret and analyze remote sensing data, as well as communicate with others in the remote sensing field.