NPP-VIIRS DNB daily data in natural disaster assessment: Evidence from selected case studies

Remote Sensing

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2018, Pages

  Zhao, Xizhi ^a,b,c   Yu, Bailang ^a,b   Liu, Yan ^c   Yao, Shenjun ^a,b   Lian, Ting ^a,b   Chen, Liujia ^d   Yang, Chengshu ^a,b   Chen, Zuoqi ^a,b   Wu, Jianping ^a,b  

^a East China Normal University   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Day Night Band (DNB) daily data; Earthquake; Flood; Natural disaster; Nighttime light; NPP VIIRS; Storm

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE DETECTION; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; OUTAGES; STORMS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

DAILY DATUM; NATURAL DISASTERS; NIGHT-TIME LIGHTS; NPP-VIIRS; PRACTICAL GUIDE; RESCUE ACTIVITIES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS; VISIBLE INFRARED IMAGING RADIOMETER SUITES;

FLOODS;

EID: 85055427774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs10101526     Document Type: Article

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