Evaluation of NPP-VIIRS nighttime light data for mapping global fossil fuel combustion CO2 emissions: A comparison with DMSP-OLS nighttime light data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Ou, Jinpei ^a   Liu, Xiaoping ^a   Li, Xia ^a   Li, Meifang ^a   Li, Wenkai ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL FUEL; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACCURACY; AIR AND AIR RELATED PHENOMENA; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAM OPERATIONAL LINESCAN SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENERAL DEVICE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION MAPPING; INFORMATION; LAND USE; NIGHTTIME LIGHT DATA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POWER PLANT EMISSION; SENSOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; VISIBLE INFRARED IMAGING RADIOMETER SUITE SENSOR; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; EUROPE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; LIGHT; PROCEDURES; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FOSSIL FUELS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; LIGHT; POWER PLANTS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84946593837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138310     Document Type: Article

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