Evaluating the ability of NPP-VIIRS nighttime light data to estimate the gross domestic product and the electric power consumption of China at multiple scales: A comparison with DMSP-OLS data

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1705-1724

  Shi, Kaifang ^a   Yu, Bailang ^a,b   Huang, Yixiu ^a   Hu, Yingjie ^c   Yin, Bing ^a   Chen, Zuoqi ^a   Chen, Liujia ^a   Wu, Jianping ^a  

^a East China Normal University   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; DMSP OLS; Electric power consumption; Gross domestic product; Linear regression; Nighttime light data; NPP VIIRS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894627399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs6021705     Document Type: Article

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