Relationships Between Satellite Observed Lit Area and Water Footprints

Water Resources Management

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2241-2250

  Zhao, Naizhuo ^a   Ghosh, Tilottama ^b   Currit, Nathan Allen ^a   Elvidge, Christopher D ^c  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gross domestic product (GDP); Nighttime satellite image; Population density; Rate of agricultural water consumption to total water footprint (AWCR); Water footprint

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WATER; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS; NIGHTTIME SATELLITE IMAGE; POPULATION DENSITIES; WATER FOOTPRINT;

ESTIMATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOFTWARE TESTING; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER RESOURCES;

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; POPULATION DENSITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

EID: 79960042040     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-011-9804-3     Document Type: Article

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