Relation between satellite observed visible-near infrared emissions, population, economic activity and electric power consumption

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1373-1379

  Elvidge, C D ^a,c   Baugh, K E ^b   Kihn, E A ^c   Kroehl, H W ^c   Davis, E R ^b   Davis, C W ^d  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL DATA CENTER   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC VISIBLE NEAR INFRARED EMISSIONS; DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAM (DMSP); OPERATIONAL LINESCAN SYSTEM (OLS);

INFRARED IMAGING;

DMSP; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER CONSUMPTION; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; NEAR INFRARED; OLS; POPULATION; VISIBLE;

EID: 0031126892     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311697218485     Document Type: Article

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