Multifractal streetlight analysis from outer space at night

Ivan Moreno; Mauricio Cruz; Flor Lozano

doi:10.1117/12.2319689

10 October 2018 Multifractal streetlight analysis from outer space at night

Ivan Moreno, Mauricio Cruz, Flor Lozano

Proceedings Volume 10765, Infrared Remote Sensing and Instrumentation XXVI; 107650L (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2319689
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2018, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Photographs of the lights seen from outer space at night are a valuable source of freely available online information of city light distribution. Here we take advantage of recently available imagery from the International Space Station (ISS), which provides night-time high resolution images of most cities at Earth. We perform a multifractal analysis of night lights patterns of some of the largest and most populous cities in the World, searching for valuable information of city light spatial distribution. We calculate the fractal dimension, multifractal spectral width, and multifractal spectral range. Then we correlate these fractal parameters with three city characteristics: light pollution, crime index, and quality of life index. And we find a clear relationship between multifractality and the index of quality of life.

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Ivan Moreno, Mauricio Cruz, and Flor Lozano "Multifractal streetlight analysis from outer space at night", Proc. SPIE 10765, Infrared Remote Sensing and Instrumentation XXVI, 107650L (10 October 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2319689

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