Modeling and mapping total freight traffic in China using NPP-VIIRS nighttime light composite data

GIScience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 274-289

  Shi, Kaifang ^a   Yu, Bailang ^a   Hu, Yingjie ^b   Huang, Chang ^c   Chen, Yun ^d   Huang, Yixiu ^a   Chen, Zuoqi ^a   Wu, Jianping ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; DMSP OLS; nighttime light; NPP VIIRS; total freight traffic

Indexed keywords

FREIGHT TRANSPORT; MAPPING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

CHINA;

EID: 84929264859     PISSN: 15481603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15481603.2015.1022420     Document Type: Article

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