Characterizing spatio-temporal dynamics of urbanization in China using time series of DMSP/OLS night light data

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 7708-7731

  Xu, Tao ^a,b   Ma, Ting ^a   Zhou, Chenghu ^a   Zhou, Yuke ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; DMSP OLS; Night light; Piecewise linear model; Turning point; Urbanization dynamics

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; LUMINANCE; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; TIME SERIES;

CHINA; DMSP/OLS; NIGHT LIGHTS; PIECEWISE LINEAR MODELING; TURNING POINTS;

URBAN GROWTH;

EID: 84997795102     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs6087708     Document Type: Article

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