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A Normalized Urban Areas Composite Index (NUACI) Based on Combination of DMSP-OLS and MODIS for Mapping Impervious Surface Area

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2015
Mapping Impervious Surface Area (ISA) at regional and global scales has attracted increasing interest. DMSP-OLS nighttime light (NTL) data have proven to be successful for mapping urban land in large areas.
Guohua Hu, Qian Shi, Xiaoping Liu
exaly   +4 more sources

Integrating Multiple Source Data to Enhance Variation and Weaken the Blooming Effect of DMSP-OLS Light

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2015
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program/Operational Linescan System (DMSP-OLS) nighttime light has proved to be an effective tool to monitor human activities, especially in mapping urban areas.
Ruifang Hao   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

An Optimized Approach for Extracting Urban Land Based on Log-Transformed DMSP-OLS Nighttime Light, NDVI, and NDWI

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2021
Quantitative and accurate urban land information on regional and global scales is urgently required for studying socioeconomic and eco-environmental problems.
Yuanmao Zheng   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Inter-calibration of DMSP-OLS and SNPP-VIIRS-DNB annual nighttime light composites using machine learning

open access: yesGIScience & Remote Sensing, 2020
The satellite-based nighttime lights (NTL) data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program’s Operational Linescan System (DMSP-OLS), available in the public domain from 1992 to 2013, are extensively used for socio-economic studies.
Sumana Sahoo   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

ESTIMATING INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE CHANGES IN CHINA USING DMSP – OLS NIGHT-TIME LIGHT DATA DURING 1999–2012 [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2018
The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program’s Operational Linescan System (DMSP-OLS) night-time light imagery has been proved to be a powerful tool to monitor economic development with its relatively high spatial resolution at large scales.
X. Han, G. Tana, K. Qin, H. Letu
doaj   +3 more sources

ANALYSIS OF LIGHT INTENSITY DATA BY THE DMSP/OLS SATELLITE IMAGE USING EXISTING SPATIAL DATA FOR MONITORING HUMAN ACTIVITY IN JAPAN [PDF]

open access: yesISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2012
The main objective of this research is to show how much can be monitored various human activities using night light images by the DMSP/OLS from NOAA/NGDC.
Y. Akiyama
doaj   +2 more sources

Cross-Sensor Nighttime Lights Image Calibration for DMSP/OLS and SNPP/VIIRS with Residual U-Net

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2021
Remote sensing of nighttime lights (NTL) is widely used in socio-economic studies of economic growth, urbanization, stability of power grid, environmental light pollution, pandemics and military conflicts.
Dmitry Nechaev   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Monitoring Population Evolution in China Using Time-Series DMSP/OLS Nightlight Imagery [PDF]

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2018
Accurate and detailed monitoring of population distribution and evolution is of great significance in formulating a population planning strategy in China. The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program’s Operational Linescan System (DMSP/OLS) nighttime lights time-series (NLT) image products offer a good opportunity for detecting the population ...
Sisi Yu, Sisi Yu, Zengxiang Zhang
exaly   +4 more sources

Comparison between the Suomi-NPP Day-Night Band and DMSP-OLS for Correlating Socio-Economic Variables at the Provincial Level in China

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2015
Nighttime light imagery offers a unique view of the Earth’s surface. In the past, the nighttime light data collected by the DMSP-OLS sensors have been used as an efficient means to correlate regional and global socio-economic activities.
Xin Jing   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Expansion Analysis of Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration Using DMSP/OLS Nighttime Light Imagery for 1993 to 2012

open access: yesISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2018
Investigating the characteristics of urban expansion is helpful in managing the relationship between urbanization and the ecological and environmental issues related to sustainable development.
Huimin Lu   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

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