Brightness of nighttime lights as a proxy for freight traffic: A case study of China

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 206-212

  Tian, Jingru ^a   Zhao, Naizhuo ^b   Samson, Eric L ^c   Wang, Shuliang ^d  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mayan Esteem Project   (United States)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Freight traffic; Gross domestic product (GDP); Nighttime light imagery; Sum light

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAMS; FREIGHT TRAFFIC; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS; NIGHT-TIME LIGHTS; NIGHTTIME LIGHT IMAGE; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; STRONG CORRELATION; TRANSPORTATION RESOURCES;

EARTH SCIENCES; REMOTE SENSING;

PIXELS;

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC REFORM; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

CHINA;

EID: 84891742440     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2013.2258892     Document Type: Article

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