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From: Estimating the size of urban populations using Landsat images: a case study of Bo, Sierra Leone, West Africa

Fig. 2

False-color near infrared (NIR) image of Bo city. Composite images are created by assigning the visible colors red (R), green (G), and blue (B) to TM greyscale bands [49]. The image shown is near infrared (NIR): [4,3,2]. Vegetation appears bright red in NIR images because near infrared band 4 is assigned to the color red, and chlorophyll is a good reflector of infrared

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International Journal of Health Geographics

ISSN: 1476-072X