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Satellite Nighttime Lights (VIIRS & DMSP)
GeoTIFF
Dataset summary
- Provider
- Socioeconomic / Infrastructure
- Spatial coverage
- 1992-Present
- Temporal coverage
- 500m-1km
- Spatial resolution
- Provides insight into development patterns, urban growth, and grid electrification. Useful for identifying communities lacking electricity (dark at night) and assessing economic resilience
- Temporal resolution
- Not documented
- Formats
- Open
- Climate variable tags
- Not documented
- Observatory relevance
- Not documented
Variables and notes
- GeoTIFF
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