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The EM wavelength region of 3–35 µ is popularly called the middle- or thermal-infrared region in terrestrial remote sensing. This is because of the fact that in this region, radiations emitted by the earth due to its thermal state are far more intense than the solar reflected radiations (Fig. 9.1), and therefore any sensor operating in this wavelength region would primarily detect the thermal radiative properties of the ground materials.
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Gupta, R.P. (1991). Interpretation of Data in the Thermal Infrared Region. In: Remote Sensing Geology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-12914-2_9
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