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DOI	10.1016/j.rse.2019.111443
	Remote sensing of night lights: A review and an outlook for the future
	Levin N.; Kyba C.C.M.; Zhang Q.; Sánchez de Miguel A.; Román M.O.; Li X.; Portnov B.A.; Molthan A.L.; Jechow A.; Miller S.D.; Wang Z.; Shrestha R.M.; Elvidge C.D.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	00344257
卷号	237
英文摘要	Remote sensing of night light emissions in the visible band offers a unique opportunity to directly observe human activity from space. This has allowed a host of applications including mapping urban areas, estimating population and GDP, monitoring disasters and conflicts. More recently, remotely sensed night lights data have found use in understanding the environmental impacts of light emissions (light pollution), including their impacts on human health. In this review, we outline the historical development of night-time optical sensors up to the current state of the art sensors, highlight various applications of night light data, discuss the special challenges associated with remote sensing of night lights with a focus on the limitations of current sensors, and provide an outlook for the future of remote sensing of night lights. While the paper mainly focuses on space borne remote sensing, ground based sensing of night-time brightness for studies on astronomical and ecological light pollution, as well as for calibration and validation of space borne data, are also discussed. Although the development of night light sensors lags behind day-time sensors, we demonstrate that the field is in a stage of rapid development. The worldwide transition to LED lights poses a particular challenge for remote sensing of night lights, and strongly highlights the need for a new generation of space borne night lights instruments. This work shows that future sensors are needed to monitor temporal changes during the night (for example from a geostationary platform or constellation of satellites), and to better understand the angular patterns of light emission (roughly analogous to the BRDF in daylight sensing). Perhaps most importantly, we make the case that higher spatial resolution and multispectral sensors covering the range from blue to NIR are needed to more effectively identify lighting technologies, map urban functions, and monitor energy use. © 2019 Elsevier Inc.
英文关键词	DMSP/OLS; Human activity; ISS; Light pollution; Night lights; Urban; VIIRS/DNB
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Geostationary satellites; Light emission; Pollution; Space optics; DMSP/OLS; Human activities; Light pollution; Night lights; Urban; VIIRS/DNB; Remote sensing; Gross Domestic Product; human activity; light pollution; nightglow; remote sensing; satellite altimetry; sensor; urban area; VIIRS
来源期刊	Remote Sensing of Environment
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/179530
作者单位	Department of Geography, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; Remote Sensing Research Center, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia; GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany; Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Germany; School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Sun Yat-Sen University, China; Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, United Kingdom; Dept. Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica, Instituto de Física de Partículas y del COSMOS (IPARCOS), Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, 28040, Spain; The Earth from Space Institute, Universities Space Research Association, Columbia, MD, United States; State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China; Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Haifa, Mt. Carmel, Haifa, 3498838, I...
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Levin N.,Kyba C.C.M.,Zhang Q.,et al. Remote sensing of night lights: A review and an outlook for the future[J],2020,237.
APA	Levin N..,Kyba C.C.M..,Zhang Q..,Sánchez de Miguel A..,Román M.O..,...&Elvidge C.D..(2020).Remote sensing of night lights: A review and an outlook for the future.Remote Sensing of Environment,237.
MLA	Levin N.,et al."Remote sensing of night lights: A review and an outlook for the future".Remote Sensing of Environment 237(2020).