A Genetic Algorithm-based urban cluster automatic threshold method by combining VIIRS DNB, NDVI, and NDBI to monitor urbanization

Remote Sensing

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Li, Kangning ^a   Chen, Yunhao ^a,b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE   (China)

Author keywords

GA UCAT; Genetic Algorithms; NDBI; NDVI; Threshold selection; Urban dynamics; VIIRS DNB

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN GROWTH;

NDBI; NDVI; THRESHOLD SELECTION; URBAN DYNAMICS; VIIRS DNB;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 85042538280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs10020277     Document Type: Article

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