Annual VIIRS Nighttime Lights v2.1 - Average Value¶
Annual VIIRS nighttime lights product Version 2.1. Average value with background pixels masked. Please use in combination with VIIRS Nighttime Light Cloud Free Coverage product to confirm sufficient cloud free measurements are available within your boundary features.
Details¶
| Type | raster |
| Global coverage | Yes |
| Datetime | 2012-01-01 – 2021-01-01 |
| Temporal type | year |
| Tags | nighttimelights, viirs, economics, welfare |
| Variable | Radiance (nW cm^-2 sr^-1) |
| License | Not recorded — see the source link |
Resources¶
| Name | Label | Date |
|---|---|---|
| viirs_ntl_annual_v21_avg_masked_2012 | 2012 | 2012-01-01 |
| viirs_ntl_annual_v21_avg_masked_2013 | 2013 | 2013-01-01 |
| viirs_ntl_annual_v21_avg_masked_2014 | 2014 | 2014-01-01 |
| viirs_ntl_annual_v21_avg_masked_2015 | 2015 | 2015-01-01 |
| viirs_ntl_annual_v21_avg_masked_2016 | 2016 | 2016-01-01 |
| viirs_ntl_annual_v21_avg_masked_2017 | 2017 | 2017-01-01 |
| viirs_ntl_annual_v21_avg_masked_2018 | 2018 | 2018-01-01 |
| viirs_ntl_annual_v21_avg_masked_2019 | 2019 | 2019-01-01 |
| viirs_ntl_annual_v21_avg_masked_2020 | 2020 | 2020-01-01 |
| viirs_ntl_annual_v21_avg_masked_2021 | 2021 | 2021-01-01 |
Citation¶
C. D. Elvidge, M. Zhizhin, T. Ghosh, F-C. Hsu, Annual time series of global VIIRS nighttime lights derived from monthly averages: 2012 to 2019, Remote Sensing