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Instruments > Earth Remote Sensing Instruments > Passive Remote Sensing > Photon/Optical Detectors > SCINTILLATION COUNTERS

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SCINTILLATION COUNTERS  

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  • SCINTILLATION COUNTERS are recorders that keeps a record of the number of times something happens, in this case scintillation or rapid fluctuations in the amplitude and phase of electromagnetic or acoustic waves that have propagated through a medium containing fluctuations in the refractive index, such as the atmosphere. (en)

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  • 2021-08-05 17:05:17.0 [sritz] insert AltLabel (id: null category: primary text: SCINTILLATION COUNTERS language code: en);

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/414c48df-6fe2-4657-8a72-1b1eacb055c4

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