Application of compound night light index derived from DMSP/OLS data to urbanization analysis in China in the 1990s

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 893-902

  Zhuo, Li ^a   Shi, Peijun ^a   Chen, Jin ^a,b   Ichinose, Toshiaki ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; CNLI; DMSP OLS; Light index; The 1990s; Urbanization level

Indexed keywords

INDEX METHOD; LIGHT; NIGHTGLOW; PLANNING METHOD; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 2342539710     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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