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Towards a comprehensive evaluation of V-I-S sub-pixel fractions and land surface temperature for urban land-use classification in the USA

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Extracting the dynamics of urban expansion in China using DMSP-OLS nighttime light data from 1992 to 2008

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Multi-level modeling of urban expansion and cultivated land conversion for urban hotspot counties in China

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Global forecasts of urban expansion to 2030 and direct impacts on biodiversity and carbon pools

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The Vegetation Adjusted NTL Urban Index: A new approach to reduce saturation and increase variation in nighttime luminosity

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Mapping urbanization dynamics at regional and global scales using multi-temporal DMSP/OLS nighttime light data

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Identification and analysis of urban surface temperature patterns in Greater Athens, Greece, using MODIS imagery

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Downscaling land surface temperature for urban heat island diurnal cycle analysis

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A Fifteen Year Record of Global Natural Gas Flaring Derived from Satellite Data

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Urban heat islands and landscape heterogeneity: linking spatiotemporal variations in surface temperatures to land-cover and socioeconomic patterns

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Testing a MODIS Global Disturbance Index across North America

(2009) David J. Mildrexler et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

A SVM-based method to extract urban areas from DMSP-OLS and SPOT VGT data

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(2009) Roger Chao   SCIENCE

The implications of current and future urbanization for global protected areas and biodiversity conservation

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Regional mapping of human settlements in southeastern China with multisensor remotely sensed data

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(2008) D. Normile   SCIENCE

Global Change and the Ecology of Cities

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