A high-quality daily nighttime light (HDNTL)  dataset for global 600+ cities (2012–2024)

Pei, Zixuan; Zhu, Xiaolin; Hu, Yang; Chen, Jin; Tan, Xiaoyue

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A high-quality daily nighttime light (HDNTL) dataset for global 600+ cities (2012–2024)

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