Standout Papers
- Mapping City Lights With Nighttime Data from the DMSP Operational Linescan System (1997)
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2014
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1999
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2012
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2008
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2013 Standout
Analysis of spatial patterns of urban growth across South Asia using DMSP-OLS nighttime lights data
2015
Radiance Calibration of DMSP-OLS Low-Light Imaging Data of Human Settlements
1999
Application of DMSP/OLS Nighttime Light Images: A Meta-Analysis and a Systematic Literature Review
2014
A Saturated Light Correction Method for DMSP/OLS Nighttime Satellite Imagery
2011
Shedding Light on the Shadow Economy: A Nighttime Light Approach
2016
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2012
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2013
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2003
The artificial night sky brightness mapped from DMSP satellite Operational Linescan System measurements
2000
Detection of a bioluminescent milky sea from space
2005
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2006
Spatiotemporal dynamics of electric power consumption in Chinese Mainland from 1995 to 2008 modeled using DMSP/OLS stable nighttime lights data
2012
Detecting the Effects of Wars in the Caucasus Regions of Russia and Georgia Using Radiometrically Normalized DMSP-OLS Nighttime Lights Imagery
2011
Multi-Scale Measurement of Regional Inequality in Mainland China during 2005–2010 Using DMSP/OLS Night Light Imagery and Population Density Grid Data
2015
Spatial analysis of global urban extent from DMSP-OLS night lights
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Status of land cover classification accuracy assessment
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2005
Global Consequences of Land Use
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High-Resolution Imagery of Earth at Night: New Sources, Opportunities and Challenges
2014
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2014
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2015
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2014
Physical and virtual water transfers for regional water stress alleviation in China
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2009
Assessing the impact of urban land development on net primary productivity in the southeastern United States
2003
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2010
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2014
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2015
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2014
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2013
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2014
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2006
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2007
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2014
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2002
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2008
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2013
Spatial scaling of stable night lights
2010
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2012
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2009
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2000
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2012
Multitemporal settlement and population mapping from Landsat using Google Earth Engine
2014
Downscaling and geo-spatial gridding of socio-economic projections from the IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES)
2004
Modelling the population density of China at the pixel level based on DMSP/OLS non‐radiance‐calibrated night‐time light images
2009
Mapping and Evaluating the Urbanization Process in Northeast China Using DMSP/OLS Nighttime Light Data
2014
Pilot analysis of global ecosystems: Agroecosystems
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Combining satellite imagery and machine learning to predict poverty
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Utilization of the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership (NPP) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Day/Night Band for Arctic Ship Tracking and Fisheries Management
2015
Using luminosity data as a proxy for economic statistics
2011 StandoutNobel
Human-impacted waters: New perspectives from global high-resolution monitoring
2015
Ecological light pollution
2004 Standout
A land‐cover map for South and Southeast Asia derived from SPOT‐VEGETATION data
2006
Detection of rural electrification in Africa using DMSP-OLS night lights imagery
2013
Evaluation of NPP-VIIRS night-time light composite data for extracting built-up urban areas
2014
Quantitative estimation of urbanization dynamics using time series of DMSP/OLS nighttime light data: A comparative case study from China's cities
2012
Potential of NPP-VIIRS Nighttime Light Imagery for Modeling the Regional Economy of China
2013
Studying urban development and change in the contiguous United States using two scaled measures derived from nighttime lights data and population census
2014
Modeling and mapping total freight traffic in China using NPP-VIIRS nighttime light composite data
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Topic Models to Infer Socio-Economic Maps
2016
Global Distribution and Density of Constructed Impervious Surfaces
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2014
Rates and drivers of mangrove deforestation in Southeast Asia, 2000–2012
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The urbanization process of Bohai Rim in the 1990s by using DMSP/OLS data
2006
Global Water Resources: Vulnerability from Climate Change and Population Growth
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Rescaling the Human Footprint: A tool for conservation planning at an ecoregional scale
2008
The Origins of Scaling in Cities
2013 StandoutScience
Quantifying urban light pollution — A comparison between field measurements and EROS-B imagery
2016
Works of Ethan Davis being referenced
Mapping City Lights With Nighttime Data from the DMSP Operational Linescan System
1997 Standout
Satellite inventory of human settlements using nocturnal radiation emissions: a contribution for the global toolchest
1997
Relation between satellite observed visible-near infrared emissions, population, economic activity and electric power consumption
1997