Global mapping of urban built-up areas of year 2014 by combining MODIS multispectral data with VIIRS nighttime light data

International Journal of Digital Earth

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1004-1020

  Sharma, Ram C ^a   Tateishi, Ryutaro ^a   Hara, Keitarou ^b   Gharechelou, Saeid ^a   Iizuka, Kotaro ^c  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

global mapping; MODIS; nighttime light; Urban built up areas; Urban Built up Index; VIIRS

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAPPING; RADIOMETERS;

BUILT-UP AREAS; GLOBAL MAPPING; MODIS; NIGHT-TIME LIGHTS; URBAN BUILT-UP INDEX; VIIRS;

DATA MINING;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAPPING METHOD; MODIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; VIIRS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84964433303     PISSN: 17538947     EISSN: 17538955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2016.1168879     Document Type: Article

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