Quantitative estimation of urbanization dynamics using time series of DMSP/OLS nighttime light data: A comparative case study from China's cities

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 124, Issue , 2012, Pages 99-107

  Ma, Ting ^a   Zhou, Chenghu ^a   Pei, Tao ^a   Haynie, Susan ^b   Fan, Junfu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; DMSP OLS; Nighttime light; Statistical analysis; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BUILT-UP AREAS; CHINA; DATA SETS; DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAMS; DMSP/OLS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; ECONOMIC VARIABLES; ELECTRIC POWER CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENT CHANGE; GLOBAL SCALE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS; HUMAN POPULATION; HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; LAND COVER; LIGHT SIGNAL; LINESCAN SYSTEM; LOCAL SCALE; POPULATION SIZES; POWER-LAW; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATION; QUANTITATIVE MODELS; REGRESSION MODEL; STATISTICAL CORRELATION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN SPRAWL; URBANIZATION;

DYNAMICS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ESTIMATION; LUMINANCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIME SERIES;

URBAN GROWTH;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHY; DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; POPULATION SIZE; POWER LAW; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84861635766     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.04.018     Document Type: Article

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