Articles | Volume 17, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-579-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-579-2025
Data description paper
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08 Feb 2025
Data description paper |  | 08 Feb 2025

A comprehensive global mapping of offshore lighting

Christopher D. Elvidge, Tilottama Ghosh, Namrata Chatterjee, Mikhail Zhizhin, Paul C. Sutton, and Morgan Bazilian

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VIIRS offshore lighting spatial grids C. D. Elvidge et al. https://eogdata.mines.edu/wwwdata/downloads/Ocean_Lighting_2012_2022/

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We present the first comprehensive map of offshore lighting derived from low-light imaging satellite data. The empty sea provides a dark and uniform canvas upon which light detections can be aggregated for extended periods to reveal human lighting structures. The form of the structures only becomes apparent when data from 1 or more years are accumulated. Identifiable structures include fishing grounds, platforms, gas flares, anchorages, and transportation routes.
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