Urban mapping using DMSP/OLS stable night-time light: a review

Use of an inside buffer method to extract the extent of urban areas from DMSP/OLS nighttime light data in North China

(2016) Minghong Tan   GIScience & Remote Sensing

A Robust Method to Generate a Consistent Time Series From DMSP/OLS Nighttime Light Data

(2016) Qingling Zhang et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING

Mapping sub-pixel urban expansion in China using MODIS and DMSP/OLS nighttime lights

(2016) Xiaoman Huang et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

An “exclusion-inclusion” framework for extracting human settlements in rapidly developing regions of China from Landsat images

(2016) Xuecao Li et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Monitoring Urban Dynamics in the Southeast U.S.A. Using Time-Series DMSP/OLS Nightlight Imagery

(2016) Qingting Li et al.   Remote Sensing

Urban growth models: progress and perspective

(2016) Xuecao Li et al.   Science Bulletin

The new world atlas of artificial night sky brightness

(2016) F. Falchi et al.   Science Advances

A global map of urban extent from nightlights

(2015) Yuyu Zhou et al.   Environmental Research Letters

A new method for extracting built-up urban areas using DMSP-OLS nighttime stable lights: a case study in the Pearl River Delta, southern China

(2015) Yongxian Su et al.   GIScience & Remote Sensing

Correcting Incompatible DN Values and Geometric Errors in Nighttime Lights Time-Series Images

(2015) Naizhuo Zhao et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING

A study of urban expansion of prefectural-level cities in South China using night-time light images

(2015) Lu Liu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING

Detecting change in urban areas at continental scales with MODIS data

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

A 30-year (1984–2013) record of annual urban dynamics of Beijing City derived from Landsat data

(2015) Xuecao Li et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Mapping Impervious Surface Distribution with Integration of SNNP VIIRS-DNB and MODIS NDVI Data

(2015) Wei Guo et al.   Remote Sensing

A Normalized Urban Areas Composite Index (NUACI) Based on Combination of DMSP-OLS and MODIS for Mapping Impervious Surface Area

(2015) Xiaoping Liu et al.   Remote Sensing

Correlations between Urbanization and Vegetation Degradation across the World’s Metropolises Using DMSP/OLS Nighttime Light Data

(2015) Yanxu Liu et al.   Remote Sensing

Urban expansion dynamics and natural habitat loss in China: a multiscale landscape perspective

(2014) Chunyang He et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Detecting China’s Urban Expansion Over the Past Three Decades Using Nighttime Light Data

(2014) Pengfeng Xiao et al.   IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Object-based spatial cluster analysis of urban landscape pattern using nighttime light satellite images: a case study of China

(2014) Bailang Yu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SCIENCE

Can night-time light images play a role in evaluating the Syrian Crisis?

(2014) Xi Li et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING

Quantifying spatiotemporal patterns of urban impervious surfaces in China: An improved assessment using nighttime light data

(2014) Qun Ma et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

How much of the world’s land has been urbanized, really? A hierarchical framework for avoiding confusion

(2014) Zhifeng Liu et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

A new source for high spatial resolution night time images — The EROS-B commercial satellite

(2014) Noam Levin et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

A cluster-based method to map urban area from DMSP/OLS nightlights

(2014) Yuyu Zhou et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Mapping and Evaluating the Urbanization Process in Northeast China Using DMSP/OLS Nighttime Light Data

(2014) Kunpeng Yi et al.   SENSORS

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

The Integrated Use of DMSP-OLS Nighttime Light and MODIS Data for Monitoring Large-Scale Impervious Surface Dynamics: A Case Study in the Yangtze River Delta

(2014) Zhenfeng Shao et al.   Remote Sensing

Application of DMSP/OLS Nighttime Light Images: A Meta-Analysis and a Systematic Literature Review

(2014) Qingxu Huang et al.   Remote Sensing

Artificial light pollution: are shifting spectral signatures changing the balance of species interactions?

(2013) Thomas W. Davies et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

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

Intercalibration of DMSP-OLS night-time light data by the invariant region method

(2013) Jiansheng Wu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING

Extraction of Impervious Surface Areas from High Spatial Resolution Imagery by Multiple Agent Segmentation and Classification

(2013) Yuyu Zhou et al.   PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING AND REMOTE SENSING

Can Night-Time Light Data Identify Typologies of Urbanization? A Global Assessment of Successes and Failures

(2013) Qian Zhang et al.   Remote Sensing

Estimation of virtual water contained in international trade products using nighttime imagery

(2012) Naizhuo Zhao et al.   International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Finer resolution observation and monitoring of global land cover: first mapping results with Landsat TM and ETM+ data

(2012) Peng Gong et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING

Extracting the dynamics of urban expansion in China using DMSP-OLS nighttime light data from 1992 to 2008

(2012) Zhifeng Liu et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

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

Quantitative estimation of urbanization dynamics using time series of DMSP/OLS nighttime light data: A comparative case study from China's cities

(2012) Ting Ma et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

The Vegetation Adjusted NTL Urban Index: A new approach to reduce saturation and increase variation in nighttime luminosity

(2012) Qingling Zhang et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Automatic intercalibration of night-time light imagery using robust regression

(2012) Xi Li et al.   Remote Sensing Letters

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

Mapping urbanization dynamics at regional and global scales using multi-temporal DMSP/OLS nighttime light data

(2011) Qingling Zhang et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Estimating rural populations without access to electricity in developing countries through night-time light satellite imagery

(2010) Christopher N.H. Doll et al.   ENERGY POLICY

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

Mapping global urban areas using MODIS 500-m data: New methods and datasets based on ‘urban ecoregions’

(2010) Annemarie Schneider et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

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

(2009) Christopher Elvidge et al.   Energies

Modelling the population density of China at the pixel level based on DMSP/OLS non‐radiance‐calibrated night‐time light images

(2009) L. Zhuo et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING

A SVM-based method to extract urban areas from DMSP-OLS and SPOT VGT data

(2009) Xin Cao et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Regional mapping of human settlements in southeastern China with multisensor remotely sensed data

(2008) Dengsheng Lu et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT