Intercalibration between DMSP/OLS and VIIRS night-time light images to evaluate city light dynamics of Syria’s major human settlement during Syrian Civil War

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 2017, Pages 5934-5951

  Li, Xi ^a,b   Li, Deren ^a,b   Xu, Huimin ^c   Wu, Chuanqing ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b High Efficiency Utilization of Solar Energy   (China)

^c WUHAN DONGHU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; LOW PASS FILTERS; ORBITS; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; INTERCALIBRATION; LINESCAN SYSTEM; NIGHT TIME LIGHTS; POWER FUNCTIONS; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SPATIAL DEGRADATION; VISIBLE INFRARED IMAGING RADIOMETER SUITES;

MILITARY PHOTOGRAPHY;

CALIBRATION; CIVIL WAR; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; IMAGING METHOD; LIGHT; PEACE PROCESS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ALEPPO; DARAA; DAYR AZ ZAWR; HALAB; IDLIB; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 85019765325     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2017.1331476     Document Type: Article

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