Spatiotemporal Evolution of Population in Northeast China during 2012–2017: A Nighttime Light Approach

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Year</td><td class="align_center">Data</td><td class="align_center">Spatial resolution (m)</td><td class="align_center">Source</td><td class="align_center">Details</td><td class="align_center">Purpose</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">2012–2017, 6 years</td><td class="align_center">NPP-VIIRS nighttime light imagery</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="3">500</td><td class="align_center">NASA official website (<a href="https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/eog/viirs/download_dnb_composites.html" target="_blank">https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/eog/viirs/download_dnb_composites.html</a>)</td><td class="align_center">Total of 51 images, grid data</td><td class="align_center">Population inversion</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">2012–2017, 6 years</td><td class="align_center">Demographic data</td><td class="align_center">National Census data (<a href="http://www.stats.gov.cn/" target="_blank">http://www.stats.gov.cn/</a>)</td><td class="align_center">Average value in 2012–2017</td><td class="align_center">Calculation verification</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Administrative division data</td><td class="align_center">National Catalogue Service for Geographic Information (<a href="http://www.webmap.cn" target="_blank">http://www.webmap.cn</a>)</td><td class="align_center">Vector data</td><td class="align_center">Map of study area</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="6"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Table 1: Spatiotemporal Evolution of Population in Northeast China during 2012–2017: A Nighttime Light Approach 