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Session Proposal: Advancing Global Insights Through Nighttime Light Observations (AGU25)

IN006
Advancing Global Insights Through Nighttime Light Observations

Session ID#: 251792

Session Description:
This session will highlight innovative applications of remote sensing nighttime light (NTL) observations for addressing a wide array of global challenges. NTL data provides a powerful and unique lens to monitor human activity across the globe, enabling insights into urbanization, disaster response, economic dynamics, energy access, infrastructure development, and national security. We welcome contributions that leverage NTL to develop novel methodologies, inform policy, or enhance decision-making in real-world contexts. Topics may include—but are not limited to—disaster monitoring and resilience, humanitarian response, sustainable development, light pollution, responsible outdoor lighting, maritime surveillance, development in the Arctic and other inaccessible regions, and the integration of NTL with other Earth observation datasets to drive comprehensive, actionable insights.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • SY - Science and Society
Index Terms:

1632 Land cover change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1926 Geospatial [INFORMATICS]
4329 Sustainable development [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4333 Disaster risk analysis and assessment [NATURAL HAZARDS]
Primary Convener:  Ranjay Man Shrestha, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Terrestrial Information Systems Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States; Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, United States
Conveners:  Zhuosen Wang, University of Maryland College Park/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Miguel O O Román, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Eleanor C Stokes, NASA Headquarters, SMD/ Earth Science Division, Washington, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Peter Boucher, Leidos, Reston, United States
 
Advancing Global Applications with the New Collections of NASA's Black Marble Nighttime Lights Product (1925256)
Ranjay Man Shrestha, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Terrestrial Information Systems Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Zhuosen Wang, University of Maryland College Park/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Miguel O O Román, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Virginia L. Kalb, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
 
Shedding Light on Energy Resilience in Puerto Rico with NASA’s Nighttime Lights Data (1934983)
Peter Boucher1, Hector Tarrido Picart1, Angela Erb1, Ian Paynter1, Erik Tucker1, Loderay Bracero Marrero2, Nora Alvarez-Berrios3 and William A. Gould4, (1)Leidos, Reston, United States, (2)Woolpert, Arlington, United States, (3)U.S. Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry, San Juan, United States, (4)U.S. Forest Service Research and Development, San Juan, United States
 
A Fast Disaster Event Detection Method Based on a Series of Nighttime Light Images: Optimization and Validation for the Zhengzhou Flood Case of July 2021 (1940749)
Ruiyu LIU, Osaka University, Division of Sustainable Energy and Environment, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka, Japan and Takashi Machimura, The University of Osaka, Graduate School of Engineering, Suita, Japan
 
Spectral Intensity of Artificial Light at Night: Insights from TEMPO Observations, Background Noise Correction, and Circadian Stimulus Applications (1956004)
Zhixin May Xue, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States, Meng Zhou, PhD, University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States, Jun Wang, the University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States, James L Carr, Carr Astronautics, Washington, United States and Xiong Liu, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, United States
 
FORM, FUNCTION AND ILLUMINATION: SPATIAL PATTERN ANALYSIS OF NIGHT TIME LIGHT AND URBAN MORPHOLOGY IN NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY(NCT) OF DELHI,INDIA USING SDGSAT-1 NIGHT LIGHT SATELLITE DATA AND BUILDING MORPHOMETRICS (1966608)
Rohitha Neelam, Ministry Of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, Dehradun, India, Prasun Kumar Gupta, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Geoinformatics Department, Dehradun, India, Monika Kuffer, University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, Enschede, 7500, Netherlands and Angela Abascal, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
 
Glow Watch: Exploring Urban Growth and Light Pollution in Tennessee (1977543)
Galina Shinkareva, Middle Tennessee State University, Geosciences, Murfreesboro, United States and David Jean, Middle Tennessee State University, Data Science Institute, Murfreesboro, United States
 
TEMPO at Night (1980283)
James L Carr1, Heesung Chong2, Xiong Liu2, John Houck2, Virginia L. Kalb3, Zhuosen Wang4, Houria Madani5, Daniel Lindsey6, Steven D Miller7, Sergey V Marchenko8, Zhixin May Xue9, Jun Wang10, Dong Liang Wu11, David E Flittner12 and Kelly Chance2, (1)Carr Astronautics Corporation, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (4)University of Maryland College Park/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (5)Carr Astronautics Corporation, Greenbelt, United States, (6)NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (7)Colorado State Univ-CIRA, Fort Collins, United States, (8)SSAI, Lanham, United States, (9)University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States, (10)the University of Iowa, Iowa City, United States, (11)Climate and Radiation Laboratory, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, (12)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States
 
Exploring Residential Light Emissions: Correlating Remotely Sensed Nighttime Observations with Demographic and Environmental Factors (Invited) (1986726)
Ken Walczak1, Cynthia Tarr2, Geza Gyuk2 and Lauren Wisbrock1, (1)Adler Planetarium, Chicago, United States, (2)Adler Planetarium, Chicago, IL, United States
 
Night-Time Lights as a Proxy for Urban Energy Demand: Spatial and Temporal Patterns in India’s Rapidly Growing Cities (1993365)
Vipul Parmar1, Ahana Sarkar2 and Arnab Jana1, (1)Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Department of Civil Engineering, Mumbai, India, (2)Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Centre for Climate Studies, Mumbai, India
 
Analyzing the Interplay Between Urban Heat Island, Nighttime Lights, and Biophysical Indices Using Remote Sensing and GEE Techniques in Los Angeles and San Diego (1996422)
Md. Rakibul Hasan, National Oceanographic And Maritime Institute (NOAMI), Dhaka, Bangladesh and Md.Taofikul Islam, Urban and Rural Planning Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh
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