The Nighttime Lights of the World
Description
| Type of resource | mixed material |
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| Form | electronic resource |
| Place | Alaska |
| Place | Boulder, CO. |
| Publisher | National Geophysical and Solar-Terrestrial Data Center |
| Date created | 1997; 1997- |
| Language | English |
| Map data | Scale varies. ; W 180°--E 180°/N 90°--S 90° |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | National Geophysical and Solar-Terrestrial Data Center | |
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| Associated with | United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | |
| Associated with | United States Group on Earth Observations |
Subjects
| Subject | Light sources > Earth (Planet) |
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| Subject | Flare gas systems (Chemical engineering) > Earth (Planet) |
| Subject | Fires > Earth (Planet) |
| Subject | Auroras > Earth (Planet) |
| Subject | Human settlements > Earth (Planet) |
| Genre | Cartographic dataset |
| Genre | Geospatial data |
| Genre | Geographic information systems data |
Bibliographic information
| Note | The Nighttime Lights of the World dataset contains the first satellite-based global inventory of human settlements, derived from nighttime data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Operational Linescan System (OLS). The DMSP-OLS has the unique capability to observe faint sources of visible-near infrared emissions present at the Earth's surface, including cities, towns, villages, gas flares, and fires. NGDC has developed algorithms for producing georeferenced fire and nighttime lights prod |
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| System details | System requirements: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software that reads ESRI shapefile format. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/md046mk5023 |
| Location | View this collection in EarthWorks |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use.
- Copyright
- This work is in the Public Domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright.