An overview on data mining of nighttime light remote sensing

Cehui Xuebao/Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 591-601

  Li, Deren ^a   Li, Xi ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Data mining; Nighttime light; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

FISHERIES; MAPPING; POLLUTION; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICS;

GEOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTIONS; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; NIGHT-TIME LIGHTS; NIGHTTIME LIGHT IMAGE; REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS; REMOTE SENSING SATELLITES; SPATIAL DATA MINING;

DATA MINING;

CLEAR SKY; DATA MINING; DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE; DIURNAL VARIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IMAGERY; LAND COVER; LIGHT; NIGHTGLOW; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE SENSOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84937041575     PISSN: 10011595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11947/j.AGCS.2015.20150149     Document Type: Review

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