Human settlement composite index (HSCI) derived from nighttime luminosity associated with imperviousness and vegetation indexes

Remote Sensing

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Ma, Ting ^a,c,f   Xu, Tao ^a,d   Huang, Lin ^b,c   Zhou, Alicia ^e  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d CHINA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY GROUP CORPORATION   (China)

^e Boston University   (United States)

^f NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Composite index; DMSP nighttime light; Human settlement; Impervious surface area; Vegetation index

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LAND USE; LUMINANCE; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; URBAN GROWTH; VEGETATION;

COMPOSITE INDEX; HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREA; NIGHT-TIME LIGHTS; VEGETATION INDEX;

RURAL AREAS;

EID: 85044208857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs10030455     Document Type: Article

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