Building area (BA)

TM Tom McKeen
MB Maksym Bondarenko
DK David Kerr
TE Thomas Esch
MM Mattia Marconcini
DP Daniela Palacios-Lopez
JZ Julian Zeidler
RV R. Catalina Valle
SJ Sabrina Juran
AT Andrew J. Tatem
AS Alessandro Sorichetta
ask Ask a question
Favorite

The ~90 m BA layer is derived by firstly generating the Building Fraction (BF) layer, which measures percentage building coverage per ~90 m cell in a range of 0–100. This is produced by quantifying the built-up coverage at 12 m spatial resolution, derived from the joint analysis of the WSF-IMP, TDX-amplitude images (TDX-AMP), and BE. The BF is subsequently multiplied by the area of each ~90 m grid cell (~8100 m2 at the equator), thereby producing the BA. This area is reported in square metres (m2) in the final product.

Do you have any questions about this protocol?

Post your question to gather feedback from the community. We will also invite the authors of this article to respond.

post Post a Question
0 Q&A