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41 changes: 22 additions & 19 deletions about/glossary.rst
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Australian Research Environment
ARE
The ARE is a tool for
The ARE is an interface for
using the data and software available on the :term:`NCI`. It is a replacement for
the old :term:`VDI` system.

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GIS
A system that manages and visualises spatially referenced data.

High and Low Tide Composites
High and Low Tide Imagery
HLTC
High and Low Tide Composites is a Digital Earth Australia product providing
cloud-free imagery mosaics of Australia's coast, estuaries and reefs at low
and high tide.
Previously called High and Low Tide Composites. DEA High and Low Tide Imagery is a
Digital Earth Australia product providing cloud-free imagery mosaics of Australia's
coast, estuaries and reefs at low and high tide.

For more information, see `HLTC. <https://www.dea.ga.gov.au/products/dea-high-low>`_
For more information, see `DEA High and Low Tide Imagery. <https://www.dea.ga.gov.au/products/dea-high-low>`_

High Performance Computing
HPC
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The angle between a ray incident on a surface and the line perpendicular to the surface at
the point of incidence.

Intertidal Extents Model
ITEM
Intertidal Extents Model is a DEA product that maps the
Intertidal Elevation
Previously called National Intertidal Digital Elevation Model (NIDEM). A DEA product derived
from DEA Intertidal Extents that maps the elevation of the Australian intertidal zone
relative to Mean Sea Level.

For more information, see `DEA Intertidal Elevation. <https://www.dea.ga.gov.au/products/dea-intertidal-elevation>`_

Intertidal Extents
Previously called Intertidal Extents Model (ITEM). DEA Intertidal Extents is a DEA product that maps the
relative extent of the Australian intertidal zone at regular intervals of
the observed tidal range.

For more information, see `DEA ITEM. <https://www.dea.ga.gov.au/products/dea-intertidal-extents>`_
For more information, see `DEA Intertidal Extents. <https://www.dea.ga.gov.au/products/dea-intertidal-extents>`_

Jupyter notebooks
A computational "notebook" that allows code to be run and presented alongside
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NDVI
Calculated from visible and near-infrared (:term:`NIR`) light reflected by vegetation.

National Intertidal Digital Elevation Model
NIDEM
A Digital Earth Australia product derived from :term:`ITEM` that maps the elevation relative
to Mean Sea Level of the Australian intertidal zone.

For more information, see `NIDEM. <https://www.dea.ga.gov.au/products/dea-intertidal-elevation>`_

Near Infrared
NIR
Radiation just beyond the visible light spectrum. In Landsat and Sentinel 2 Earth observation
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For more information, see `Landsat 9 instruments. <https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/satellites/landsat-9/landsat-9-instruments/>`_

Panchromatic
Sensitive to many wavelengths of light.
Panchromatic band
A band that measures a wide range of light at high resolution, compared to standard multispectral
bands that measure a narrow range of light at lower resolution. On Landsat 7, 8, and 9, the
panchromatic band can be used to "sharpen" 30 metre visible bands to higher 15 metre resolution.

For more information, see `Pansharpening Landsat. <https://docs.dea.ga.gov.au/notebooks/How_to_guides/Pansharpening.html>`_

Pixel
The minimum size area on the ground detectable by a remote sensing device. The size varies depending
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