Remote sensing of night lights: A review and an outlook for the future

2019/12/04 by Noam Levin, Christopher C. M. Kyba, Christopher C.M. Kyba +13 · 1 citation
Environmental Science · #Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting #Impact of Light on Environment and Health

paper · doi:10.1016/j.rse.2019.111443

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