Fifty years of nightly global low-light imaging satellite observations

Fifty years of nightly global low-light imaging satellite observations

The history of satellite remote sensing of nighttime lights traces it is roots back the U.S. Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) which began flying polar orbiting satellites with cloud imaging sensors in the 1970’s. The meteorologists found that they could improve weather predi...

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Main Authors: Christopher D. Elvidge, Kimberly Baugh, Tilottama Ghosh, Mikhail Zhizhin, Feng Chi Hsu, Tamara Sparks, Morgan Bazilian, Paul C. Sutton, Kenneth Houngbedji, Ran Goldblatt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Remote Sensing
Subjects:
Nighttime lights
DMSP
VIIRS
DNB
Low-light imaging
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frsen.2022.919937/full

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