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Nighttime lights as a proxy for human development at the local level. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Nighttime lights, calculated from weather satellite recordings, are increasingly used by social scientists as a proxy for economic activity or economic development in subnational regions of developing countries where disaggregated data from statistical ...
Anna Bruederle, Roland Hodler
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Remote Sensing, 2022 Nighttime lights are routinely used as a proxy for economic activity when official statistics are unavailable and are increasingly applied to study the effects of shocks or policy interventions at small geographic scales.
Gordon Mccord, Richard Bluhm
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Extending the DMSP Nighttime Lights Time Series beyond 2013
Remote Sensing, 2021 Data collected by the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program’s Operational Linescan System (DMSP-OLS) sensors have been archived and processed by the Earth Observation Group (EOG) at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to make ...
Feng Chi Hsu +2 more
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The Annual Cycling of Nighttime Lights in India [PDF]
Remote Sensing, 2021 India is known to have unstable power supply, and many locations show an annual cycle in VIIRS Nighttime Light (VNL). In this study, autocorrelation function (ACF) analysis is used to identify the annual cycling in VNL.
Fengchi Hsu +4 more
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Annual Time Series of Global VIIRS Nighttime Lights Derived from Monthly Averages: 2012 to 2019
Remote Sensing, 2021 A consistently processed annual global nighttime lights time series (2012–2019) was produced using monthly cloud-free radiance averages made from low light imaging day/night band (DNB) data collected by the NASA/NOAA Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer ...
Feng Chi Hsu +2 more
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Estimating Local Inequality from Nighttime Lights [PDF]
Remote Sensing, 2021 Economic inequality at the local level has been shown to be an important predictor of people’s political perceptions and preferences. However, research on these questions is hampered by the fact that local inequality is difficult to measure and ...
Nils B. Weidmann, Gerlinde Theunissen
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DMSP-OLS Radiance Calibrated Nighttime Lights Time Series with Intercalibration
Remote Sensing, 2015 The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-Operational Linescan System (DMSP-OLS) stable lights products are made using operational OLS data collected at high gain settings, resulting in sensor saturation on brightly lit areas, such as city centers ...
Feng Chi Hsu +2 more
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Analyzing the Sources and Variations of Nighttime Lights in Hong Kong from VIIRS Monthly Data
Remote SensingThe long-term monitoring of nighttime lights is essential for understanding sources of light pollution. Nighttime lights observed in space are affected by atmospheric conditions as they transmit from the Earth surface through clouds and aerosols to the ...
Shengjie Liu +2 more
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Tracking Electrification in Vietnam Using Nighttime Lights [PDF]
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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Predicting economic activity using atmospheric nitrogen dioxide (NO2) satellite data: Evidence from local economic indicators in Japan. [PDF]
PLoS ONEAccurate and timely measurement of subnational economic activity is crucial for policymakers during economic crises, natural disasters and pandemics such as COVID-19.
Stefaniia Parubets, Hisahiro Naito
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