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Satellite Nighttime Lights (VIIRS & DMSP)
Provides insight into development patterns, urban growth, and grid electrification. Useful for identifying communities lacking electricity (dark at night) and assessing economic resilience
Dataset summary
- Provider
- NOAA Earth Observation Group / World Bank (Light Every Night)
- Spatial coverage
- Global
- Temporal coverage
- 1992-Present
- Spatial resolution
- 500m-1km
- Temporal resolution
- Yearly
- Formats
- GeoTIFF
- Climate variable tags
- Air Quality
- Observatory relevance
- North Carolina, Amazon Basin, East Africa, Southeast Asia
Variables and notes
- Provides insight into development patterns, urban growth, and grid electrification. Useful for identifying communities lacking electricity (dark at night) and assessing economic resilience
Related learning resources
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