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 …

Nighttime light (NTL) remote sensing data offer unique capabilities to characterize both the
extent and intensity of human activities and have been extensively used to understand …

Nighttime light (NTL) data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
(DMSP)/Operational Linescan System (OLS) and the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer …

Artificial lights raise night sky luminance, creating the most visible effect of light pollution—
artificial skyglow. Despite the increasing interest among scientists in fields such as ecology …

Abstract Circadian (∼ 24-hour) timing systems pervade all kingdoms of life and temporally
optimize behavior and physiology in humans. Relatively recent changes to our …

Light pollution is a global threat to biodiversity, especially migratory organisms, some of
which traverse hemispheric scales. Research on light pollution has grown significantly over …

The nighttime environment of much of Earth is being changed rapidly by the introduction of
artificial lighting. While data on spatial and temporal variation in the intensity of artificial …

Nighttime light observations from remote sensing provide us with a timely and spatially
explicit measure of human activities, and therefore enable a host of applications such as …

The global spread of artificial light is eroding the natural night-time environment. The
estimation of the pattern and rate of growth of light pollution on multi-decadal scales has …

The ecological impacts of nighttime light pollution have been a longstanding source of
concern, accentuated by realized and projected growth in electrical lighting. As human …