Mapping urban extent using luojia 1-01 nighttime light imagery

Sensors

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2018, Pages

  Li, Xi ^a,b   Zhao, Lixian ^a   Li, Deren ^a,b   Xu, Huimin ^c,d  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b High Efficiency Utilization of Solar Energy   (China)

^c WUHAN DONGHU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Human settlement index; LJ1 01 data; Nighttime light imagery; Urban areas; VIIRS DNB

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAPPING; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; HIGHER RESOLUTION; HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; KAPPA COEFFICIENT; NIGHT-TIME LIGHTS; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; SUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION; THRESHOLDING SEGMENTATION;

DATA MINING;

EID: 85055775206     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/S18113665     Document Type: Article

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