Advances in using multitemporal night-time lights satellite imagery to detect, estimate, and monitor socioeconomic dynamics

MM Bennett, LC Smith - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Since the late 1990s, remotely sensed night-time lights (NTL) satellite imagery has been
shown to correlate with socioeconomic parameters including urbanization, economic …

[HTML][HTML] Human alteration of natural light cycles: causes and ecological consequences

KJ Gaston, JP Duffy, S Gaston, J Bennie, TW Davies - Oecologia, 2014 - Springer
Artificial light at night is profoundly altering natural light cycles, particularly as perceived by
many organisms, over extensive areas of the globe. This alteration comprises the …

Geographical random forests: a spatial extension of the random forest algorithm to address spatial heterogeneity in remote sensing and population modelling

S Georganos, T Grippa, A Niang Gadiaga… - Geocarto …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Machine learning algorithms such as Random Forest (RF) are being increasingly
applied on traditionally geographical topics such as population estimation. Even though RF …

[HTML][HTML] 夜间灯光遥感与城市问题研究: 数据, 方法, 应用和展望

余柏蒗, 王丛笑, 宫文康, 陈佐旗, 施开放, 吴宾… - 遥感学报, 2021 - ygxb.ac.cn
夜间灯光遥感是能够探测夜间微光的光学遥感技术, 可获取白天遥感无法获取的信息.
由于城市区域的人造光源是夜间稳定亮光的主要来源, 夜间灯光遥感影像已被证明可以更直观地 …

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

Q Zhang, KC Seto - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2011 - Elsevier
Urban areas concentrate people, economic activity, and the built environment. As such,
urbanization is simultaneously a demographic, economic, and land-use change …

Lighting the World: the first application of an open source, spatial electrification tool (OnSSET) on Sub-Saharan Africa

D Mentis, M Howells, H Rogner… - Environmental …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Agenda 2030,
which comprises a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) defined by 169 …

A building volume adjusted nighttime light index for characterizing the relationship between urban population and nighttime light intensity

B Wu, C Yang, Q Wu, C Wang, J Wu, B Yu - Computers, Environment and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The brightness of nighttime lights (NTL) has been proven to be strongly related to population
density and thus has been widely used for population estimation from national to county …

Does polycentric development produce less transportation carbon emissions? Evidence from urban form identified by night-time lights across US metropolitan areas

MC Jung, M Kang, S Kim - Urban Climate, 2022 - Elsevier
Identifying the comprehensive metropolitan urban form is important to propose effective
policies to mitigate transportation carbon emissions. A publicly accessible night-time light …

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

X Li, Y Zhou - International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program/Operational Linescane System
(DMSP/OLS) stable night-time light (NTL) data showed great potential in urban extent …

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

J Bennie, TW Davies, JP Duffy, R Inger, KJ Gaston - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
Since the 1970s nighttime satellite images of the Earth from space have provided a striking
illustration of the extent of artificial light. Meanwhile, growing awareness of adverse impacts …