Urban indicators of China from radiance-calibrated digital DMSP-OLS nighttime images

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 225-240

  Lo, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometric growth models; Chinese cities, urban indicators; Radiance calibrated DMSP OLS nighttime image; Triangulated Irregular Network

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; RADIANCE; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 1642512060     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8306.00288     Document Type: Review

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