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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Sensors
3. Microwaves
4. Image Analysis
5. Applications

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Fundamentals of Remote Sensing

Chapter 2 - Satellites and Sensors
 

2.15 Did You Know?

"...I'm receiving you loud and clear..."

ground receiving stations

... Canada's ground receiving stations have been in operation since 1972 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and 1985 in Gatineau, Quebec. These two stations receive and process image data from several different satellites (NOAA, Landsat, RADARSAT, J-ERS, MOS, SPOT, and ERS) from five different countries or group of countries (USA, Canada, Japan, France, and Europe).

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