Detecting tents to estimate the displaced populations for post-disaster relief using high resolution satellite imagery

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 87-93

  Wang, Shifeng ^a   So, Emily ^a   Smith, Pete ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automate; Disaster; Panchromatic; Refugee; Relief operation; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DISASTER RELIEF; IMAGE RESOLUTION; REFUGEE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 84963838313     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2014.11.013     Document Type: Article

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