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Nighttime Lights Revisited

, 2015
The growing availability of free or inexpensive satellite imagery has inspired many researchers to investigate the use of earth observation data for monitoring economic activity around the world. One of the most popular earth observation data sets is the so-called nighttime lights from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
Addison, Douglas, Stewart, Benjamin
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Classification of nighttime light types in China’s nature protected areas based on SDGSAT-1

International Journal of Digital Earth
Protected areas play a crucial role in preserving biodiversity and providing ecosystem services. However, the encroachment of nighttime light increasingly exacerbates light pollution in these regions. Previous studies using remote sensing to assess light
Yangyang Yan, Rong Zhang, Zongming Wang, Chuanpeng Zhao, Haihang Zeng, Qian Shi, Mingming Jia   +6 more
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Monitoring Turkey’s nighttime light and environmental change

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Abstract Night lighting, population growth and climate change are major concerns for Turkey. The intensity of night lights in Turkey has increased significantly in recent years and this increase is closely linked to the rapid growth of the population and the expansion of urban areas.
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Nighttime lights, urban features, household poverty, depression, and obesity. [PDF]

Curr Psychol, 2022
Liao YA, Garcia-Mondragon L, Konac D, Liu X, Ing A, Goldblatt R, Yu L, Barker ED.   +7 more
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A Fifteen Year Record of Global Natural Gas Flaring Derived from Satellite Data

Energies, 2009
We have produced annual estimates of national and global gas flaring and gas flaring efficiency from 1994 through 2008 using low light imaging data acquired by the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP). Gas flaring is a widely used practice for
Mikhail Zhizhin, Dee W. Pack, Edward H. Erwin, Benjamin T. Tuttle, Tilottama Ghosh, Kimberly E. Baugh, Daniel Ziskin, Christopher D. Elvidge   +7 more
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Using satellite images of nighttime lights to predict the economic impact of COVID-19 in India. [PDF]

Adv Space Res, 2022
Dasgupta N.
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Outdoor nighttime light exposure (light pollution) is associated with Alzheimer’s disease

Frontiers in Neuroscience
Introduction Alzheimer’s disease (AD) prevalence has increased in the last century which can be attributed to increased lifespan, but environment is also important.
Robin M. Voigt, Robin M. Voigt, Robin M. Voigt, Bichun Ouyang, Ali Keshavarzian, Ali Keshavarzian, Ali Keshavarzian, Ali Keshavarzian   +7 more
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Using VIIRS Day/Night Band to Measure Electricity Supply Reliability: Preliminary Results from Maharashtra, India

Remote Sensing, 2016
Unreliable electricity supplies are common in developing countries and impose large socio-economic costs, yet precise information on electricity reliability is typically unavailable.
Michael L. Mann, Eli K. Melaas, Arun Malik   +2 more
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Tracking COVID-19 urban activity changes in the Middle East from nighttime lights. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2022
Stokes EC, Román MO.
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Measuring industrial lumber production using nighttime lights: A focus study on lumber mills in British Columbia, Canada. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2022
Jarron LR, Coops NC, Roeser D.
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