A clustered threshold method for extracting urban built-up area using the DMSP/OLS nighttime light images

Wuhan Daxue Xuebao (Xinxi Kexue Ban)/Geomatics and Information Science of Wuhan University

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 196-201

  Zou, Jingui ^a   Chen, Yanhua ^a,b   Ding, Ge ^a,c   Xuan, Wei ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jinan Real Estate Measuring Institute   (China)

^c Jinan Institute of Investigation and Surveying   (China)

Author keywords

DMSP OLS; Geometry morphology optimization; PAEK exponential smoothing algorithm; Regression model; Spatial clustering

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; URBAN GROWTH;

CONNECTED REGION LABELING; DMSP/OLS; DMSP/OLS NIGHT-TIME LIGHTS; EXPONENTIAL SMOOTHING; GEOMETRIC MORPHOLOGY; REGRESSION MODEL; SPATIAL CLUSTERING; URBAN DEVELOPMENT LEVELS;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

ALGORITHM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PIXEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84962529868     PISSN: 16718860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13203/j.whugis20140079     Document Type: Article

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