Remote sensing of night lights: A review and an outlook for the future
Remote sensing of night light emissions in the visible band offers a unique opportunity to
directly observe human activity from space. This has allowed a host of applications including …
directly observe human activity from space. This has allowed a host of applications including …
Advances in using multitemporal night-time lights satellite imagery to detect, estimate, and monitor socioeconomic dynamics
Since the late 1990s, remotely sensed night-time lights (NTL) satellite imagery has been
shown to correlate with socioeconomic parameters including urbanization, economic …
shown to correlate with socioeconomic parameters including urbanization, economic …
Artificially lit surface of Earth at night increasing in radiance and extent
A central aim of the “lighting revolution”(the transition to solid-state lighting technology) is
decreased energy consumption. This could be undermined by a rebound effect of increased …
decreased energy consumption. This could be undermined by a rebound effect of increased …
NASA's Black Marble nighttime lights product suite
NASA's Black Marble nighttime lights product suite (VNP46) is available at 500 m resolution
since January 2012 with data from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) …
since January 2012 with data from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) …
Applications of satellite remote sensing of nighttime light observations: Advances, challenges, and perspectives
Nighttime light observations from remote sensing provide us with a timely and spatially
explicit measure of human activities, and therefore enable a host of applications such as …
explicit measure of human activities, and therefore enable a host of applications such as …
Satellite-based assessment of electricity restoration efforts in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria
A real-time understanding of the distribution and duration of power outages after a major
disaster is a precursor to minimizing their harmful consequences. Here, we develop an …
disaster is a precursor to minimizing their harmful consequences. Here, we develop an …
Quantifying spatiotemporal patterns of shrinking cities in urbanizing China: A novel approach based on time-series nighttime light data
The shrinking of cities has become an increasingly global phenomenon, posing challenges
for sustainable urban development. However, most focus remains on Europe and North …
for sustainable urban development. However, most focus remains on Europe and North …
[HTML][HTML] High-resolution wall-to-wall land-cover map** and land change assessment for Australia from 1985 to 2015
Computational and data handling limitations have constrained time-series analyses of land-
cover change at high-spatial resolution over large (eg, continental) extents. However, a new …
cover change at high-spatial resolution over large (eg, continental) extents. However, a new …
A global analysis of factors controlling VIIRS nighttime light levels from densely populated areas
Remote sensing of nighttime lights has been shown as a good surrogate for estimating
population and economic activity at national and sub-national scales, using DMSP satellites …
population and economic activity at national and sub-national scales, using DMSP satellites …
Temporal expansion of the nighttime light images of SDGSAT-1 satellite in illuminating ground object extraction by joint observation of NPP-VIIRS and sentinel-2A …
B Yu, F Chen, C Ye, Z Li, Y Dong, N Wang… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Poverty is the leading cause of social instability around the world. Reducing poverty has
become a crucial objective for global sustainable development. Timely and consistently …
become a crucial objective for global sustainable development. Timely and consistently …