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Identifying and mapping night lights using imaging spectrometry
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. ©... -
A comparison of nighttime satellite imagery and population density for the co...
The striking apparent correlation between nighttime satellite imagery and human population density was explored for the continental United States. The nighttime stable-lights... -
Long-wave infrared identification of smoldering peat fires in Indonesia with ...
Smoldering peat fires in Indonesia are responsible for large quantities of trace gas and particulate emissions. However, to date no satellite remote sensing technique has been... -
Utilizing publicly available satellite data for urban research: Mapping built...
Urbanization is a fundamental trend of the past two centuries, shaping many dimensions of the modern world. Toguide this phenomenon and support growth of cities that are... -
Using Landsat and nighttime lights for supervised pixel-based image classific...
Reliable representations of global urban extent remain limited, hindering scientific progress across a range of disciplines that study functionality of sustainable cities. We... -
Infrastructure Quality Assessment in Africa using Satellite Imagery and Deep ...
The UN Sustainable Development Goals allude to the importance of infrastructure quality in three of its seventeen goals. However, monitoring infrastructure quality in developing... -
Urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa and Implication for Malaria Control
Malaria not only remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, but it also impedes socioeconomic development, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Rapid and unprecedented... -
Modeling and mapping total freight traffic in China using NPP-VIIRS nighttime...
In early 2013, the first global Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) visible infrared imaging radiometer suite (VIIRS) nighttime light composite data were released.... -
Modeling the Population of China Using DMSP Operational Linescan System Night...
Radiance-calibrated DMSP-OLS nighttime lights data of China acquired between March 1996 and January-February 1997 were evaluated for their potential as a source of population...