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Speeding up the clock in remote sensing: identifying the ‘black spots’ in exposure dynamics by capitalizing on the full spectrum of joint high spatial and temporal resolution

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  1. Energy Department, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Vienna, Austria

    Christoph Aubrecht

  2. Global Practice on Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience (GSURR), The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA

    Christoph Aubrecht

  3. Social Computing Department, Qatar Computing Research Institute, Doha, Qatar

    Patrick Meier

  4. German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD), German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany

    Hannes Taubenböck

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Aubrecht, C., Meier, P. & Taubenböck, H. Speeding up the clock in remote sensing: identifying the ‘black spots’ in exposure dynamics by capitalizing on the full spectrum of joint high spatial and temporal resolution. Nat Hazards 86 (Suppl 1), 177–182 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-015-1857-9

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