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An Introduction to Remote Sensing

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The term remote sensing is derived from two Latin words: remotus, meaning far away or distant in time or place, and sensus meaning to detect a stimulus by means of any of the five senses. Putting together these two words: remote plus sensus, remote sensing refer to detecting an object/feature/phenomenon with an observation device that is not in intimate physical contact with the object/feature/phenomenon in question.

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Dwivedi, R.S. (2017). An Introduction to Remote Sensing. In: Remote Sensing of Soils. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53740-4_1

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