How to Use remote sensing in a Sentence

remote sensing

noun
  • In remote sensing images like that, the contrast between the fire and ice was quite stunning.
    Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The methane emissions could then be detected by remote sensing satellites in space.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 June 2023
  • The study authors used remote sensing data for 24 lakes across the region to estimate warming trends.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Lidar, also known as light detection and ranging, is a remote sensing method that uses laser waves to measure distances.
    Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 29 June 2023
  • Deploying drones and other remote sensing technologies could hasten the hunt.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The tiny satellite was supposed to inflate in orbit and serve as a calibration target for remote sensing equipment.
    Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 1 May 2024
  • Researchers examined a section of the site with drones equipped with lidar, a remote sensing technology that uses lasers to scan a landscape.
    Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Quantix launches a new era of remote sensing for aerial inspections, mapping and actionable insights.
    Evan Ackermanerico Guizzo, IEEE Spectrum, 18 Nov. 2016
  • One of the mission's primary scientific tasks is to conduct remote sensing and on-the-spot investigations of water ice at the lunar south pole.
    Leonard David, Space.com, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The result suggests the remote sensing technique could be used to monitor explosive events—natural or human—hundreds of times smaller than before.
    Byjonathan O’Callaghan, science.org, 12 May 2023
  • And this extends to other areas of space, including remote sensing and low-Earth orbit telecommunications.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Currently, remote sensing by satellite is the only monitoring for the remote volcano, which lacks any seismic monitoring.
    Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2010
  • More than 100 Jilin remote sensing satellites have been launched, designed to acquire information from space via remote instruments.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • In addition to the stunning video, scientists are looking at the radar and remote sensing data, which showed even stronger evidence for a possible fire tornado with strong winds, Swain said.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 27 July 2024
  • Thus far damage estimates via remote sensing technologies indicate over 7,000 structures may have been damaged or destroyed.
    Stephanie Fuerte, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The approach is a bit different from other remote sensing approaches that may measure microwaves or radio waves, and is more detailed than other spectral imaging technology that works with fewer bands of light.
    Charlotte Hu, Popular Science, 27 July 2023
  • Therefore, scientists have evaluated the use of remote sensing tools and have systematized information from previous findings.
    Geraldine Castro, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The plan calls for using new technology and remote sensing techniques to conduct an inventory of water loss across more than 1,000 public water systems in the state this year.
    Susan Montoya Bryan, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Japan has launched a new optical reconnaissance satellite to boost the country’s remote sensing capabilities, Space News reports.
    Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Our research involves using remote sensing technologies and artificial intelligence to assist in our search for a female in the Ngoye Forest.
    Laura Cinti, Ars Technica, 16 June 2024
  • As much as advances in remote sensing technology have made mapping environmental changes more possible, data collected on the ground is integral to creating a fuller picture.
    Joseph Hincks, Time, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Moscow retains an edge over Beijing in other key areas, including submarine technology, remote sensing satellites, and aircraft engines.
    Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Using digital photography and the remote sensing method known as lidar, the researchers aim to map the complex for the first time, in part to determine which portions are most vulnerable to decay, and therefore most in need of protection.
    Alastair Lee Bitsóí, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
  • In recent years, tribal nations around the United States have begun to use technologies like remote sensing surveys and ground-penetrating radar to scour locations for evidence of burial sites.
    Zach Levitt, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Now, Frontex is refocusing its resources from shipboard patrols to aerial and remote sensing, according to its requests for orientation on the latest technology.
    IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2022
  • The authors also called for more research into disease-resistant crops as well as early disease detection through artificial intelligence and remote sensing technology.
    Tristan Bove, Fortune, 4 May 2023
  • Terahertz technologies for medical applications, remote sensing, and manufacturing are already works in progress.
    Margo Anderson, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Sep. 2019
  • The researchers suggest remote sensing operations and disaster rescue, but it could also be used to conduct civil and military surveys, capturing incredible video footage, and inspire sci-fi authors.
    Harry Guinness, Popular Science, 8 June 2023
  • The planet’s oceans, and particularly seagrass ecosystems, remain poorly mapped across many regions, mainly because of the difficulties of measuring them with remote sensing devices like satellites, authors said.
    Laura Millan Lombrana, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Environmental factors associated with these changes during the same period were collected using remote sensing data, according to the paper.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2024

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