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 mapping urban areas, estimating population and GDP, monitoring disasters and conflicts. More recently, remotely sen...

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Published in:	Remote sensing of environment Vol. 237; p. 111443
Main Authors:	Levin, Noam, Kyba, Christopher C.M., Zhang, Qingling, Sánchez de Miguel, Alejandro, Román, Miguel O., Li, Xi, Portnov, Boris A., Molthan, Andrew L., Jechow, Andreas, Miller, Steven D., Wang, Zhuosen, Shrestha, Ranjay M., Elvidge, Christopher D.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York Elsevier Inc 01.02.2020 Elsevier BV
Subjects:	anthropogenic activities Daylight Detection Disasters DMSP/OLS Ecological monitoring Emissions energy Energy consumption Environmental impact Human activity human health ISS Light emission Light pollution Light sources lighting Mapping monitoring Night Night lights Optical measuring instruments pollution Population statistics Remote sensing Remote sensors Satellite constellations satellites Sensors solar radiation Spatial discrimination Spatial resolution temporal variation Urban Urban areas VIIRS/DNB Urban DMSP/OLS Light pollution Human activity ISS Night lights VIIRS/DNB
ISSN:	0034-4257, 1879-0704
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