Census from Heaven: An estimate of the global human population using night-time satellite imagery

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 3061-3076

  Sutton, P ^a   Roberts, D ^a   Elvidge, C ^a   Baugh, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

REMOTE SENSING;

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0035841391     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160010007015     Document Type: Article

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