Can night-time light images play a role in evaluating the Syrian Crisis?

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 6648-6661

  Li, Xi ^a   Li, Deren ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NETWORK SECURITY;

DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAMS; INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS; INTERNATIONAL BORDER; LINEAR CORRELATION; NIGHT TIME LIGHTS; OBJECTIVE INFORMATION; SATELLITE IMAGES; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS;

SATELLITES;

CRISIS MANAGEMENT; HUMANITARIAN AID; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LIGHT QUALITY; NIGHTGLOW; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WAR;

DAMASCUS; DIMASHQ [SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC]; QUNAYTIRAH; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 84910142762     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2014.971469     Document Type: Article

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