Remote sensing of night lights: A review and an outlook for the future

N Levin, CCM Kyba, Q Zhang, AS de Miguel… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] The potential of remote sensing and GIS in urban building energy modelling

A Anand, C Deb - Energy and Built Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
As the world continues to urbanize at an unprecedented rate, the energy demand in cities is
rising. Buildings account for over 75% of all the energy consumed in cities and are …

Developing improved time-series DMSP-OLS-like data (1992–2019) in China by integrating DMSP-OLS and SNPP-VIIRS

Y Wu, K Shi, Z Chen, S Liu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Operational Linescan System (DMSP-OLS) and
Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (SNPP …

The potential of nighttime light remote sensing data to evaluate the development of digital economy: A case study of China at the city level

Z Chen, Y Wei, K Shi, Z Zhao, C Wang, B Wu… - … Environment and Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
As one of the new and crucial fields of economic development, the digital economy refers to
the economic activities associated with digital technologies and information. The traditional …

[HTML][HTML] Anisotropic characteristic of artificial light at night–Systematic investigation with VIIRS DNB multi-temporal observations

X Li, R Ma, Q Zhang, D Li, S Liu, T He, L Zhao - Remote Sensing of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The released VIIRS DNB nightly images, also known as VIIRS DNB daily nighttime images,
provide rich information for time series analysis of global socioeconomic dynamics …

The impact of seasonal changes on observed nighttime brightness from 2014 to 2015 monthly VIIRS DNB composites

N Levin - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
The VIIRS-DNB sensor launched in 2011 offers the remote sensing community improved
capabilities for monitoring and quantifying nighttime brightness. So far, most studies of …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring hourly night-time light by an unmanned aerial vehicle and its implications to satellite remote sensing

X Li, N Levin, J Xie, D Li - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Satellite-observed night-time light in urban areas has been widely used as an indicator for
socioeconomic development and light pollution. Up to present, the diurnal dynamics of city …

Mapping and evaluating global urban entities (2000–2020): A novel perspective to delineate urban entities based on consistent nighttime light data

K Shi, Y Wu, S Liu, Z Chen, C Huang… - GIScience & Remote …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The differences in the definition of urban areas lead to our contrasting or inconsistent
understanding of global urban development and their corresponding socioeconomic and …

The nature of the diffuse light near cities detected in nighttime satellite imagery

A Sanchez de Miguel, CCM Kyba, J Zamorano… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Diffuse glow has been observed around brightly lit cities in nighttime satellite imagery since
at least the first publication of large scale maps in the late 1990s. In the literature, this has …

A preliminary investigation of Luojia-1 night-time light imagery

X Li, X Li, D Li, X He, M Jendryke - Remote sensing letters, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Launched on 2 June 2018, Luojia-1 satellite records night-time light imagery at
130 m resolution, which is higher than most of the existing night-time light images to date …