Identification of Polycentric Cities in China Based on NPP-VIIRS Nighttime Light Data

Nighttime light data play an important role in the research on cities, while the urban centers over a large spatial scale are still far from clearly understood. Aiming at the current challenges in monitoring the spatial structure of cities using nighttime light data, this paper proposes a new method...

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Main Authors: Mingguo Ma, Qin Lang, Hong Yang, Kaifang Shi, Wei Ge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-10-01
Series:Remote Sensing
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/19/3248