Can Earth Observation help to improve information on population? Indirect population estimations from EO derived geo-spatial data: Contribution from GMOSS

Remote Sensing from Space: Supporting International Peace and Security

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 211-237

  Ehrlich, Daniele ^a   Lang, Stefan ^b   Laneve, Giovanni ^c   Mubareka, Sarah ^d   Schneiderbauer, Stefan ^e   Tiede, Dirk ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Earth Observation; Population; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892089584     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8484-3_14     Document Type: Chapter

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