Global distribution and density of constructed impervious surfaces

Sensors

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1962-1979

  Elvidge, Christopher D ^a   Tuttle, Benjamin T ^b,c   Sutton, Paul S ^c   Baugh, Kimberly E ^b   Howard, Ara T ^b   Milesi, Cristina ^d   Bhaduri, Budhendra L ^e   Nemani, Ramakrishna ^f  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructed area; Impervious surfaces; ISA; Nighttime lights; Population grid; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED AREA; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE; NIGHT-TIME LIGHTS; POPULATION GRID; URBANIZATION;

CATCHMENTS;

EID: 34948855435     PISSN: 14243210     EISSN: 14248220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s7091962     Document Type: Article

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