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• Correlations between Urbanization and Vegetation Degradation across the World...

  Yanxu Liu, Yanglin Wang, Jain Peng, Yueyue Du, Xianfeng Liu, Shuangshuang Li, Donghai Zhang

  Changes in biodiversity owing to vegetation degradation resulting from widespread urbanization demands serious attention. However, the connection between vegetation degradation...
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• A time series of urban extent in China using DSMP/OLS nighttime light data

  Yao Yao, Dongsheng Chen, Le Chen, Huan Wang, Qingfeng Guan

  Urban extent data play an important role in urban management and urban studies, such as monitoring the process of urbanization and changes in the spatial configuration of urban...
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• Normalization of time series DMSP-OLS nighttime light images for urban growth...

  Ye Wei, Hongxing Liu, Wei Song, Bailang Yu, Chunliang Xiu

  Previous studies demonstrated that DMSP-OLS stable nighttime light data are useful data source for delineating urban areas. However, the nighttime light data acquired in...
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• Identifying and mapping night lights using imaging spectrometry

  Fred A. Kruse and Christopher D. Elvidge

  Remote mapping of night lights using the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) has been used for decades to inventory the global distribution of human activity. ©...
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