Satellite Remote Sensing
Satellite Remote Sensing
Satellite Remote Sensing
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Wavelength<br />
in meters (m)<br />
10 -14<br />
Gamma<br />
and x-ray<br />
Electromagnetic Spectrum and the<br />
Photon Energy of Visible Light<br />
Photon energy of<br />
visible light in<br />
electron volts (eV)<br />
4.0<br />
3.5<br />
Photon wavelength<br />
in nanometers (nm)<br />
ultraviolet<br />
Sun<br />
10 -8<br />
10<br />
-6<br />
10 -12 3.10<br />
Ultraviolet<br />
Visible<br />
Infrared<br />
Earth<br />
3.0<br />
2.5<br />
2.0<br />
2.75<br />
400<br />
violet limit<br />
450<br />
blue<br />
2.48 500<br />
green<br />
2.25<br />
550<br />
green limit<br />
2.14<br />
580<br />
yellow<br />
2.06<br />
600<br />
orange<br />
1.91<br />
650<br />
red<br />
1.77 700 red limit<br />
1.5<br />
1.24<br />
1000<br />
near-infrared<br />
10 -2<br />
Microwave and<br />
radio waves<br />
1.0<br />
0.5<br />
0.041<br />
30k<br />
far infrared<br />
10<br />
0<br />
Introductory Digital Image Processing. 3rd edition. Jensen, 2004