Night-time lights: A global, long term look at links to socio-economic trends

Combining satellite imagery and machine learning to predict poverty

(2016) N. Jean et al.   SCIENCE

Multitemporal settlement and population mapping from Landsat using Google Earth Engine

(2015) Nirav N. Patel et al.   International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Detecting change in urban areas at continental scales with MODIS data

(2015) C.M. Mertes et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Building a Better Urban Picture: Combining Day and Night Remote Sensing Imagery

(2015) Qingling Zhang et al.   Remote Sensing

Evaluation of NPP-VIIRS Nighttime Light Data for Mapping Global Fossil Fuel Combustion CO2 Emissions: A Comparison with DMSP-OLS Nighttime Light Data

(2015) Jinpei Ou et al.   PLoS One

Night-Time Light Data: A Good Proxy Measure for Economic Activity?

(2015) Charlotta Mellander et al.   PLoS One

Responses of Suomi-NPP VIIRS-derived nighttime lights to socioeconomic activity in China’s cities

(2014) Ting Ma et al.   Remote Sensing Letters

Evaluation of NPP-VIIRS night-time light composite data for extracting built-up urban areas

(2014) Kaifang Shi et al.   Remote Sensing Letters

Contrasting trends in light pollution across Europe based on satellite observed night time lights

(2014) Jonathan Bennie et al.   Scientific Reports

Tracking Electrification in Vietnam Using Nighttime Lights

(2014) Brian Min et al.   Remote Sensing

Evaluating the Ability of NPP-VIIRS Nighttime Light Data to Estimate the Gross Domestic Product and the Electric Power Consumption of China at Multiple Scales: A Comparison with DMSP-OLS Data

(2014) Kaifang Shi et al.   Remote Sensing

A Thermodynamic Geography: Night-Time Satellite Imagery as a Proxy Measure of Emergy

(2013) Luca Coscieme et al.   AMBIO

Monitoring urbanization dynamics in India using DMSP/OLS night time lights and SPOT-VGT data

(2013) Bhartendu Pandey et al.   International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Detection of rural electrification in Africa using DMSP-OLS night lights imagery

(2013) Brian Min et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING

High-Resolution Global Maps of 21st-Century Forest Cover Change

(2013) M. C. Hansen et al.   SCIENCE

Potential of NPP-VIIRS Nighttime Light Imagery for Modeling the Regional Economy of China

(2013) Xi Li et al.   Remote Sensing

Suomi satellite brings to light a unique frontier of nighttime environmental sensing capabilities

(2012) S. D. Miller et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The real wealth of nations: Mapping and monetizing the human ecological footprint

(2011) Paul C. Sutton et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

A Saturated Light Correction Method for DMSP/OLS Nighttime Satellite Imagery

(2011) Husi Letu et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING

Using luminosity data as a proxy for economic statistics

(2011) X. Chen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The use of night-time lights satellite imagery as a measure of Australia's regional electricity consumption and population distribution

(2010) Alexander C. Townsend et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING

Estimating energy consumption from night-time DMPS/OLS imagery after correcting for saturation effects

(2010) Husi Letu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING

A global poverty map derived from satellite data

(2009) Christopher D. Elvidge et al.   COMPUTERS & GEOSCIENCES

A Fifteen Year Record of Global Natural Gas Flaring Derived from Satellite Data

(2009) Christopher Elvidge et al.   Energies

Spatial characterization of electrical power consumption patterns over India using temporal DMSP‐OLS night‐time satellite data

(2009) T. R. Kiran Chand et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING