Estimating population and energy consumption in Brazilian Amazonia using DMSP night-time satellite data

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 179-195

  Amaral, Silvana ^a   Câmara, Gilberto ^a   Monteiro, Antônio Miguel Vieira ^a   Quintanilha, José Alberto ^b   Elvidge, Christopher D ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DMSP OLS night time light; Electrical power consumption; Human settlements; Regional scale; Spatial analysis; Urban Amazonia; Urban population

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; LINEARIZATION; SENSORS; URBAN PLANNING;

AMAZONIA; DATA SOURCE; ELECTRICAL POWER CONSUMPTION; POPULATION CENSUS;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENERGY USE; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11344268445     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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