Simonetta Paloscia from the Institute of Applied Physics- National Research Council,

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was named

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(IEEE) in 2012 ''for contributions to active and passive microwave

remote sensing Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object, in contrast to in situ or on-site observation. The term is applied especially to acquiring information about Earth ...

of vegetation and land surfaces''.

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