A stepwise calibration of global DMSP/OLS stable nighttime light data (1992-2013)

Remote Sensing

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Li, Xuecao ^a   Zhou, Yuyu ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DMSP OLS; DN values; Inconsistency; Nighttime light; Stepwise; Time series

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; SATELLITES; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

DMSP/OLS; DN VALUES; INCONSISTENCY; NIGHT-TIME LIGHTS; STEPWISE;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 85021104640     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs9060637     Document Type: Article

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