Detecting 2014 Northern Iraq Insurgency using night-time light imagery

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 3446-3458

  Li, Xi ^a,b,c   Zhang, Rui ^c   Huang, Chengquan ^c   Li, Deren ^a,b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b High Efficiency Utilization of Solar Energy   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL FIELDS;

CIVIL WAR; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; IRAQI SECURITY FORCES; MOST LIKELY; NIGHT TIME LIGHTS;

LIGHTING;

CIVIL WAR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; POLITICAL CONFLICT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

IRAQ; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 84937145114     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2015.1059968     Document Type: Article

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