Intercalibration and Gaussian Process Modeling of Nighttime Lights Imagery for Measuring Urbanization Trends in Africa 2000–2013

Intercalibration and Gaussian Process Modeling of Nighttime Lights Imagery for Measuring Urbanization Trends in Africa 2000–2013

Sub-Saharan Africa currently has the world’s highest urban population growth rate of any continent at roughly 4.2% annually. A better understanding of the spatiotemporal dynamics of urbanization across the continent is important to a range of fields including public health, economics, and environmen...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: David J. Savory, Ricardo Andrade-Pacheco, Peter W. Gething, Alemayehu Midekisa, Adam Bennett, Hugh J. W. Sturrock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-07-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
Nighttime lights
urbanization
socio-economic indicators
DMSP-OLS
NPP-VIIRS
global public health
Africa
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/7/713

Internet

https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/9/7/713

Similar Items