Mapping spatio-temporal changes of Chinese electric power consumption using night-time imagery

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 6304-6320

  Zhao, Naizhuo ^a   Ghosh, Tilottama ^b   Samson, Eric L ^c  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; PIXELS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAMS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRIC CONSUMPTION; ELECTRIC POWER CONSUMPTION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY; INTERCALIBRATION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHANGES; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DIGITAL MAPPING; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY USE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PIXEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 84861867506     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2012.684076     Document Type: Article

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