Nighttime-lights-derived fossil fuel carbon dioxide emission maps and their limitations

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 935-943

  Zhao, Naizhuo ^a   Samson, Eric L ^b   Currit, Nathan A ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mayan Esteem Project   (United States)

^c TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING;

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CO2 EMISSIONS; DIGITAL NUMBERS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; NIGHT-TIME LIGHTS; PIECEWISE FUNCTIONS; SPATIAL DISAGGREGATION; URBAN CORE;

FOSSIL FUELS;

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; FOSSIL FUEL; IMAGERY; LIGHT; MAPPING METHOD; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 84949467157     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14358/PERS.81.12.935     Document Type: Article

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