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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
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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
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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
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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
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ESTIMATING INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE CHANGES IN CHINA USING DMSP – OLS NIGHT-TIME LIGHT DATA DURING 1999–2012 [PDF]
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
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ANALYSIS OF LIGHT INTENSITY DATA BY THE DMSP/OLS SATELLITE IMAGE USING EXISTING SPATIAL DATA FOR MONITORING HUMAN ACTIVITY IN JAPAN [PDF]
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
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Cross-Sensor Nighttime Lights Image Calibration for DMSP/OLS and SNPP/VIIRS with Residual U-Net
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
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Monitoring Population Evolution in China Using Time-Series DMSP/OLS Nightlight Imagery [PDF]
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
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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
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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
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