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Abstract
LandScan USA: Developing a High Resolution Day-Night Population Distribution
Track: EMS, Fire, Disaster Management
Author(s): Budhendra Bhaduri, Edward Bright, Phil Coleman
It is evident that to enhance capability in emergency planning and management, it is necessary not only to estimate population at an even finer level but also to have a fairly reasonable estimate of population distribution during the day. Using an innovative approach with geographic information system and remote sensing, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have made significant progress toward solving this problem. As an expansion to global LandScan, ORNL is currently developing a very high-resolution (90m cell) population distribution data (LandScan USA) for the United States. At this resolution, population distribution data includes nighttime (residential) as well as daytime distributions.
Budhendra Bhaduri
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Geographic Iformation Science & Technology
PO Box 2008 MS 6237
Bethel Valley Road
Oak Ridge , TN 37831-6237
USA
Phone: (865) 241 9272
Fax: (865) 241 6261
E-mail: bhaduribl@ornl.gov
Edward Bright
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Geographic Iformation Science & Technology
PO Box 2008
MS 6237
Oak Ridge 37831-6237
USA
Phone: (865) 574 5430
Fax: (865) 241 6261
E-mail: brightea@ornl.gov
Phil Coleman
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Geographic Iformation Science & Technology
PO Box 2008 MS 6237
Bethel Valley Road
Oak Ridge 37831-6237
USA
Phone: (865) 574 5393
Fax: (865) 241 6261
E-mail: colemanpr@ornl.gov