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An extended time series (2000–2018) of global NPP-VIIRS-like nighttime light data from a cross-sensor calibration
Zuoqi Chen
Key Laboratory of Spatial Data Mining and Information Sharing of
Ministry of Education, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center
of Satellite Geospatial Information Technology, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou
35002, China
The Academy of Digital China, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350002, China
Bailang Yu
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science (Ministry of
Education), East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai
200241, China
Chengshu Yang
Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science (Ministry of
Education), East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai
200241, China
Yuyu Zhou
Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State
University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
Shenjun Yao
Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science (Ministry of
Education), East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai
200241, China
Xingjian Qian
Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science (Ministry of
Education), East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai
200241, China
Congxiao Wang
Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science (Ministry of
Education), East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai
200241, China
Bin Wu
Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science (Ministry of
Education), East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai
200241, China
Jianping Wu
Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Science (Ministry of
Education), East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai
200241, China
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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.
An extended time series (2000–2018) of NPP-VIIRS-like nighttime light (NTL) data was proposed...
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