Detecting zimbabwe's decadal economic decline using nighttime light imagery

Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4551-4570

  Li, Xi ^a   Ge, Linlin ^b   Chen, Xiaoling ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

DMSP OLS; Economic decline; Nighttime light; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAMS; DMSP-OLS; ECONOMIC DECLINE; GOOD CORRELATIONS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS; NIGHT-TIME LIGHTS; ZIMBABWE;

AGRICULTURE; REGIONAL PLANNING;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 84884686074     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs5094551     Document Type: Article

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