sampling rate

The number of samples per unit time.

As it relates specifically to remote sensing and data collection, the frequency a discreet digital value is computed from each Instantaneous Field Of View (IFOV) of the sensor as it scans its target scene. Sampling rate has the following attributes:

• It is common to design the sample rates so that the ground sample interval equals the geometric projection of a single detector width on the earth's surface. Thus, neighboring pixels will abut in both the along-track and cross-track directions.