A harmonized global nighttime light dataset 1992–2018

Li, Xuecao; Zhou, Yuyu; Zhao, Min; Zhao, Xia

doi:10.1038/s41597-020-0510-y

Title: A harmonized global nighttime light dataset 1992–2018

Journal Article · Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Scientific Data

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0510-y· OSTI ID:1817155

Li, Xuecao ^[1];

^[1]; Zhao, Min ^[1]; Zhao, Xia ^[1]

Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)

Nighttime light (NTL) data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP)/Operational Linescan System (OLS) and the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite provide a great opportunity for monitoring human activities from regional to global scales. Despite the valuable records of nightscape from DMSP (1992–2013) and VIIRS (2012–2018), the potential of the historical archive of NTL observations has not been fully explored because of the severe inconsistency between DMSP and VIIRS. In this study, we generated an integrated and consistent NTL dataset at the global scale by harmonizing the inter-calibrated NTL observations from the DMSP data and the simulated DMSP-like NTL observations from the VIIRS data. The generated global DMSP NTL time-series data (1992–2018) show consistent temporal trends. This temporally extended DMSP NTL dataset provides valuable support for various studies related to human activities such as electricity consumption and urban extent dynamics.

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Research Organization:: Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

OSTI ID:: 1817155

Journal Information:: Scientific Data, Vol. 7, Issue 1; ISSN 2052-4463

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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