Potential for global mapping of development via a nightsat mission

GeoJournal

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 45-53

  Elvidge, Christopher D ^a   Safran, Jeffrey ^b   Tuttle, Benjamin ^c,d   Sutton, Paul ^d   Cinzano, Pierantonio ^e,f   Pettit, Donald ^g   Arvesen, John ^h   Small, Christopher ⁱ  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL DATA CENTER   (United States)

^b ESRI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f Ist Sci Tecn dell'Inquinamento L   (Italy)

^g NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^h Cirrus Digital Systems   (United States)

ⁱ Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Exurban; Global mapping; Nighttime lights; Urban

Indexed keywords

DATA RECORDING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAPPING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

GLOBAL MAPPING; NIGHTTIME LIGHTS;

REMOTE SENSING;

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; MAPPING; POPULATION DENSITY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 35648977700     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-007-9104-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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