VIIRS Plus DMSP Change in Lights (VIIRS+DMSP dLIGHT)
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Originator: Small, C., and Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University
Publication Date: 20200623
Title: VIIRS Plus DMSP Change in Lights (VIIRS+DMSP dLIGHT)
Edition: 1.00
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: raster, map, map service
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Publication Place: Palisades, NY
Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Online Linkage: https://doi.org/10.7927/9ryj-6467
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Originator: Small, C., D. Sousa, G. Yetman, C. Elvidge, and K. MacManus
Publication Date: 20180327
Title: Decades of Urban Growth and Development on the Asian Megadeltas
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: journal article
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Series Name: Global and Planetary Change
Issue Identification: 165: 62-89
Online Linkage: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.03.005
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Abstract:
The VIIRS Plus DMSP Change in Lights (VIIRS+DMSP dLIGHT) data set fuses nighttime lights imagery from the U.S. Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Operational Linescan System (OLS) with a stable night light composite from the next generation Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Day-Night Band to map the spatial distribution and temporal evolution of global nighttime lights between 1992 and 2015. The product visualizes changes in both brightness and extent of nocturnal low lights over two decades while minimizing the spatial overextent (overglow) and bright saturation that compromise the DMSP-OLS composites. The map product utilizes annual DMSP-OLS stable lights composites, produced by the NOAA Earth Observation Group and archived at the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), in a tri-temporal global change map. To achieve greater spatial resolution and radiometric accuracy, the DMSP-OLS composites are co-registered and fused with the 2015 VIIRS annual composite from NGDC. The final product therefore retains the spatial detail and dynamic range of the VIIRS product, and the decadal change information from DMSP-OLS images.
Purpose: To visualize changes in brightness and extent of global nighttime lights networks over two decades with improved radiometric accuracy and finer spatial resolution.
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Calendar Date: 1992/01/01
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East Bounding Coordinate: 180.000000
North Bounding Coordinate: 84.000000
South Bounding Coordinate: -56.000000
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Theme Keyword: Remote Sensing
Theme Keyword: Urban
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Theme Keyword: Global
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Theme Keyword: Society
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Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > INFRASTRUCTURE > ELECTRICITY
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ECONOMIC RESOURCES > ENERGY PRODUCTION/USE
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > POPULATION > POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > SUSTAINABILITY > SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
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Originator: Small, C., and Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University
Publication Date: 20200618
Title: Documentation for the VIIRS Plus DMSP Change in Lights (VIIRS+DMSP dLIGHT)
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: documentation
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Publication Place: Palisades, NY
Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Online Linkage: https://doi.org/10.7927/69wp-8547.
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Longitude Resolution: 0.008333
Geographic Coordinate Units: Decimal degrees
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Horizontal Datum Name: WGS84
Ellipsoid Name: WGS84
Semi-major Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio: 298.257224
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Beginning Date: 2020/06/23
Ending Date: Present
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Metadata Date: 2020/01/13
Metadata Review Date: 2022/04/18
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Contact Organization: Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) Metadata Administration
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Address: CIESIN, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000
City: Palisades
State or Province: New York
Postal Code: 10964
Country: USA
Contact Voice Telephone: +1 845-365-8988
Contact Facsimile Telephone: +1 845-365-8922
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