Remote sensing of human beings – a perspective from nighttime light

Geo-Spatial Information Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 69-79

  Li, Deren ^a   Zhao, Xia ^a   Li, Xi ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

data mining; human activities; Nighttime lights; remote sensing; socioeconomics

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FISHERIES; OIL FIELDS; POLLUTION; REGIONAL PLANNING; SPACE OPTICS;

CLASSIFICATION METHODS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; NIGHT-TIME LIGHTS; NIGHTTIME LIGHT IMAGE; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS;

REMOTE SENSING;

DATA MINING; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84961736579     PISSN: 10095020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10095020.2016.1159389     Document Type: Article

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