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Aladdin\u27s Magic Lamp: Developing Methods for Calibration and Geolocation Accuracy Assessment of the DMSP OLS [PDF]
, 2012 Nighttime satellite imagery from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Operational Linescan System (OLS) has a unique capability to observe nocturnal light emissions from sources including cities, wild fires, and gas flares.
Tuttle, Benjamin Taylor
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Russia's Wartime Economy: Measuring Regional Inequalities From Outer Space
Journal of Regional Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We study Russia's February 2022 full‐scale invasion of Ukraine as a natural experiment to determine how sudden disruptions to international market access reshape sub‐national economic inequalities. Using remotely‐sensed nighttime lights as a proxy for economic activity, we estimate the economic effects of the war at the national and regional ...
Irakli Barbakadze +3 more
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Europe, We Have a Problem! Local Economic Winners and Losers of Border Closures
Journal of Regional Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In response to COVID‐19, Schengen countries temporarily reintroduced internal border controls, disrupting cross‐border integration. Using this policy change as a natural experiment and monthly nighttime lights data, we estimate the short‐run effects on European municipalities.
Ketevani Kapanadze, Mariola Pytliková
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A Case for a New Satellite Mission for Remote Sensing of Night Lights
Remote Sensing, 2021 The physiology and behavior of most life at or near the Earth’s surface has evolved over billions of years to be attuned with our planet’s natural light–dark cycle of day and night.
John C. Barentine +4 more
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Urbanization and Spillover Effect for Three Megaregions in China: Evidence from DMSP/OLS Nighttime Lights [PDF]
Remote Sensing, 2018 Urbanization drives human social development and natural environmental changes and shows complex implications for sustainability and challenges of future development, particularly in emerging countries. While extensive studies focus on extracting urban areas more precisely, less attention has been devoted to understand megaregion evolution and its ...
Xiaoxin Zhang +7 more
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, 2015 Comparison of emission results only distributed by three different types of nighttime lights at the state unit of the United States: NPP-VIIRS (a), RCP-DMSP-OLS (b), and SLP-DMSP-OLS (c).
Meifang Li (798144) +4 more
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Tracking Electrification in Vietnam Using Nighttime Lights
Remote Sensing, 2014 We report on a systematic ground-based validation of DMSP-OLS night lights imagery to detect rural electrification in Vietnam. Based on an original survey of village-level units in Vietnam, this study compares nighttime light output from the U.S.
Brian Min, Kwawu Mensan Gaba
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Disasters, Dictators, and Donors: The Impact of Foreign Aid on Economic Activity (Mis)Reporting
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines how governments manipulate economic data to secure more foreign disaster aid. By using nighttime lighting as a reliable measure of economic activity, we make two key findings: (1) foreign disaster aid is positively linked to a country's understatement of its gross domestic product, indicating a deliberate strategy to ...
M. Martin Boyer +2 more
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Remote Sensing, 2018 Time series monitoring of earthquake-stricken areas is significant in evaluating post-disaster reconstruction and recovery. The time series of nighttime light (NTL) data collected by the defense meteorological satellite program-operational linescan ...
Xue Li +3 more
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Subnational Border Reforms and Economic Activity in Africa
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Volume 88, Issue 5, Page 1203-1218, October 2026.ABSTRACT Using GIS methods, we identify territories in Africa affected by subnational border reforms between 1992 and 2013. Descriptive statistics reveal that these territories differed from other African regions across several key dimensions. For example, these territories were more populous and exhibited greater ethnic diversity.
Thushyanthan Baskaran, Sebastian Blesse
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