@Article{AmaralCâmMonQuiElv:2005:EsPoEn,
               author = "Amaral, Silvana and C{\^a}mara, Gilberto and Monteiro, 
                         Ant{\^o}nio Miguel Vieira and Quintanilha, Jos{\'e} Alberto and 
                         Elvidge, Christopher D.",
          affiliation = "{} and {} and {} and Escola Politecnica da USP-POLI-USP, Av. 
                         Almeida Prado, Trav. 2, no. 83, 05508-900 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil 
                         and National Geophysical Data Center, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 
                         80305-3328, United States",
                title = "Estimating population and energy consumption in Brazilian 
                         Amaz{\^o}nia using DMSP night-time satellite data",
              journal = "Computers, Environment and Urban Systems",
                 year = "2005",
               volume = "29",
               number = "2",
                pages = "179--195",
             keywords = "Data reduction, Image processing, Information analysis, 
                         Linearization, Sensors, Urban planning, Amazonia, Data source, 
                         Electrical power consumption, Population census, Energy 
                         utilization, census, demography, energy use, satellite imagery, 
                         Brazil, Para [Brazil], South America, Western Hemisphere, World, 
                         DMSP/OLS night-time light.",
             abstract = "This paper describes a methodology to assess the evidence of human 
                         presence and human activities in the Brazilian Amazonia region 
                         using DMSP/OLS night-time satellite sensor imagery. It consists on 
                         exploring the potential of the sensor data for regional studies 
                         analysing the correlation between DMSP night-time light foci and 
                         population, and the correlation between DMSP night-time light foci 
                         and electrical power consumption. In the mosaic of DMSP/OLS 
                         night-time light imagery from September 1999, 248 towns were 
                         detected from a total of 749 muni{\"A}pios in Amazonia. It was 
                         found that the night-time light foci were related to human 
                         presence in the region, including urban settlements, mining, 
                         industries, and civil construction, observed in ancillary Landsat 
                         TM and JERS imagery data. The analysis considering only the state 
                         of Par{\'a} revealed a linear relation (R2=0.79) between urban 
                         population from the 1996 census data and DMSP night-time light 
                         foci. Similarly, electrical power consumption for 1999 was 
                         linearly correlated with DMSP night-time light foci. Thus the 
                         DMSP/OLS imagery can be used as an indicator of human presence in 
                         the analysis of spatial-temporal patterns in the Amazonia region. 
                         These results are very useful considering the continental 
                         dimension of Amazonia, the absence of demographic information 
                         between the official population census (every 10 years), and the 
                         dynamics and complexity of human activities in the region. 
                         Therefore DMSP night-time light foci are a valuable data source 
                         for global studies, modelling, and planning activities when the 
                         human dimension must be considered throughout Amazonia. © 2003 
                         Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.",
                  doi = "10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2003.09.004",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2003.09.004",
                 issn = "0198-9715",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "sdarticle.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "23 maio 2024"
}