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verdades del terreno

16:40 Nov 29, 2014
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Meteorology / Technical paper about image classification as applied to climate science
Spanish term or phrase: verdades del terreno
De otro lado, también se ha aplicado una clasificación supervisada, a partir de: (1) variables de referencia; (2) verdades del terreno; y (3) un clasificador. A partir de las verdades del terreno y las variables seleccionadas, el clasificador (en nuestro caso la herramienta “minimum distance” del software ENVI) se obtiene la clasificación.

Is "verdades del terreno" a set phrase in Spanish? What does it mean in this context?
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Summary of answers provided
3"ground truth"
Jaime Blank
1constants of land
Karen Dinicola


  

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"ground truth"


Explanation:
Found some tanslations using this phrase.
for example: http://www.carolinalive.com/news/story.aspx?id=397435#.VHoBt... -> http://www.wapa.tv/noticias/internacionales/sin-relevancia-e...

Hope this help you

Example sentence(s):
  • "It is little wonder then that many decision makers rely more on newspapers than military intelligence to obtain 'ground truth.'"
Jaime Blank
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constants of land


Explanation:
One possible lead. I am far from sure, but your text mentions variables and weather. So, if calculations are being made, they might be using the permanent measurements of the land as a constant.

Karen Dinicola
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Local time: 08:17
Native speaker of: English
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