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Application of DMSP/OLS Nighttime Light Images:
A Meta-Analysis and a Systematic Literature Review. Remote
Sens. 2014, 6, 6844-6866
Qingxu Huang 1,*, Xi Yang 2,3,†, Bin Gao 1,†, Yang Yang 4,† and Yuanyuan Zhao 5,†
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State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University,
19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijng 100875, China; E-Mail: bing0402@126.com
Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA;
E-Mails: Xi_Yang@Brown.edu
The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
School of Law and Political Science, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China;
E-Mail: yang_ouc@163.com
Key Laboratory of Soil and Water Conservation and Desertification Combating,; School of Soil and
Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University,
Beijing 100083, China; E-Mail: yuanyuan0402@126.com
These authors contributed equally to this work.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: qxhuang@bnu.edu.cn;
Tel.: +86-01-5880-4921; Fax: +86-01-5880-8661.
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