Conversely, coarser spatial resolution would allow improved radiometric and/or spectral resolution.

RADIOMETRIC RESOLUTION: The number of different intensities of radiation the sensor is able to distinguish.

Radiometric resolution – determines how finely a system can represent or distinguish differences of intensity.

Each pixel is coded on a given number of bits, which determines its radiometric resolution.

The radiometric resolution of an imaging system describes its ability to discriminate very slight differences in energy.

The radiometric resolution of an imaging system describes its ability to discriminate very slight differences in energy.

The radiometric resolution of an imaging system describes its ability to discriminate very slight differences in energy.

The subsequent images show the effects of degrading the radiometric resolution by using fewer quantization levels.

The imager data are 10-bit radiometric resolution, and can be transmitted directly to local user terminals on the Earth's surface.

In particular, the spectral resolution and the radiometric resolution deal with the retrieval of temperature and humidity profile with a vertical resolution of one kilometre and accuracies of one kelvin and 10% respectively.

Every time an image is acquired on film or by a sensor, its sensitivity to the magnitude of the electromagnetic energy determines the radiometric resolution.

Every time an image is acquired by a sensor, its sensitivity to the magnitude of the electromagnetic energy determines the radiometric resolution.

Every time an image is acquired on film or by a sensor, its sensitivity to the magnitude of the electromagnetic energy determines the radiometric resolution.

In practice, the effective radiometric resolution is typically limited by the noise level, rather than by the number of bits of representation.

The range of brightness levels a remote sensing system can differentiate is related to radiometric resolution (section 2.5) and is referred to as the dynamic range.