Observations of urban and suburban environments with global satellite scatterometer data

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 367-380

  Nghiem, S V ^a   Balk, D ^b   Rodriguez, E ^a   Neumann, G ^a   Sorichetta, A ^c   Small, C ^d   Elvidge, C D ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dense sampling method; Nighttime lights; Population; Scatterometer; Urban

Indexed keywords

DENSE SAMPLING METHOD; NIGHTTIME LIGHTS; POPULATION; SCATTEROMETER; URBAN;

BACKSCATTERING; ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURVEYS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SCATTEROMETER; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA;

ARCTIC; ARIZONA; ASIA; BANGLADESH; BOGOTA; CHINA; COLOMBIA; DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; NORTH AMERICA; PHOENIX; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649639382     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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