Who's In The Dark: Satellite Based Estimates Of Electrification Rates
Description:
A technique has been developed to estimate the percent population having electric power access based on the presence of satellite detected nighttime lighting. A global survey was conducted for the year 2006 using nighttime lights collected by the U.S. Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) in combination with the U.S. Department of Energy Landscan population dataset. The survey includes results for 229 countries and more than 2000 subnational units. The results are compared t…
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Date:
January 1, 2011
Creator:
Elvidge, Christopher D.; Baugh, Kimberly E.; Sutton, Paul S.; Bhaduri, Budhendra L; Tuttle, Benjamin T.; Ghosh, Tilottama et al.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department