An extended time series (2000–2018) of global NPP-VIIRS-like nighttime light data from a cross-sensor calibration

Chen, Zuoqi; Yu, Bailang; Yang, Chengshu; Zhou, Yuyu; Yao, Shenjun; Qian, Xingjian; Wang, Congxiao; Wu, Bin; Wu, Jianping

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-889-2021

Articles | Volume 13, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-889-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-889-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 3

Data description paper

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05 Mar 2021

Data description paper |

| 05 Mar 2021

An extended time series (2000–2018) of global NPP-VIIRS-like nighttime light data from a cross-sensor calibration

Zuoqi Chen, Bailang Yu, Chengshu Yang, Yuyu Zhou, Shenjun Yao, Xingjian Qian, Congxiao Wang, Bin Wu, and Jianping Wu

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Final revised paper (published on 05 Mar 2021)
Preprint (discussion started on 28 Sep 2020)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review ESSD-2020-201 NTL', Anonymous Referee #1, 30 Nov 2020
- AC1: 'Response to RC1', Bailang Yu, 19 Jan 2021
RC2: 'Review of "An extended time-series (2000–2018) of global NPP-VIIRS-like nighttime light data from a cross-sensor calibration"', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Dec 2020
- AC3: 'Response to RC2', Bailang Yu, 19 Jan 2021

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Bailang Yu on behalf of the Authors (19 Jan 2021) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (01 Feb 2021) by Kirsten Elger

AR by Bailang Yu on behalf of the Authors (02 Feb 2021) Manuscript

Short summary

An extended time series (2000–2018) of NPP-VIIRS-like nighttime light (NTL) data was proposed through a cross-sensor calibration from DMSP-OLS NTL data (2000–2012) and NPP-VIIRS NTL data (2013–2018). Compared with the annual composited NPP-VIIRS NTL data, our extended NPP-VIIRS-like NTL data have a high accuracy and also show a good spatial pattern and temporal consistency. It could be a useful proxy to monitor the dynamics of urbanization for a longer time period compared to existing NTL data.