Overview of DMSP nightime lights and future possibilities

Christopher D. Elvidge; Edward H. Erwin; Kimberly E. Baugh; Daniel Ziskin; Benjamin T. Tuttle; Tilottama Ghosh; Paul C. Sutton

doi:10.1109/URS.2009.5137749

Overview of DMSP nightime lights and future possibilities

Christopher D. Elvidge, Edward H. Erwin, Kimberly E. Baugh, Daniel Ziskin, Benjamin T. Tuttle, Tilottama Ghosh, Paul C. Sutton

Atmospheric Composition Remote Sensing and Prediction

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Abstract

The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Operational Linescan System (OLS) has a unique capability to collect low-light imaging data of the earth at night. The OLS and its predecessors have collected this style of data on a nightly global basis since 1972. The digital archive of OLS data extends back to 1992. Over the years several global nighttime lights products have been generated. NGDC has now produced a set of global cloud-free nighttime lights products, specifically processed for the detection of changes in lighting emitted by human settlements, spanning 1992-93 to 2008. While the OLS is far from ideal for observing nighttime lights, the DMSP nighttime lights products have been successfully used in modeling the spatial distribution of population density, carbon emissions, and economic activity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2009 Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/URS.2009.5137749
State	Published - 2009
Event	2009 Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event - Shanghai, China Duration: May 20 2009 → May 22 2009

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Name	2009 Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event

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Conference	2009 Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event
Country/Territory	China
City	Shanghai
Period	05/20/09 → 05/22/09

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