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Radiance Calibrated Nighttime Lights Tutorial
Satellite imagery of nighttime lights provides a unique perspective on the spread of electric lighting across the globe. While these data are often used to track development,... -
Assessing the impact of urban land development on net primary productivity in...
The southeastern United States (SE-US) has undergone one of the highest rates of landscape changes in the country due to changing demographics and land use practices over the... -
Detecting Zimbabwe’s Decadal Economic Decline Using Nighttime Light Imagery
Zimbabwe’s economy declined between 2000 and 2009. This study detects the economic decline in different regions of Zimbabwe using nighttime light imagery from the Defense... -
Normalization of time series DMSP-OLS nighttime light images for urban growth...
Previous studies demonstrated that DMSP-OLS stable nighttime light data are useful data source for delineating urban areas. However, the nighttime light data acquired in... -
Global Nighttime Light Change from 1992 to 2017: Brighter and More Uniform
Nighttime light images record the brightness of the Earth surface, indicating the scope and intensity of human activities. However, there are few studies on the long-term... -
Modeling and mapping total freight traffic in China using NPP-VIIRS nighttime...
In early 2013, the first global Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) visible infrared imaging radiometer suite (VIIRS) nighttime light composite data were released....