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Description

This product provides detailed information about the satellite-based data on artificial light at night (ALAN). The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Day/Night Band (DNB) nighttime lights (NTL) product (VNP46A4, DOI: 10.5067/VIIRS/VNP46A4.001 ) in NASA’s Black Marble suite is used to derive annual summary of ALAN levels throughout the CONUS at both county and tract level for the period of 2012-2020. The PI Dr. Qian Xiao is a member of NASA Heath and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team (HAQAST).

Product Summary

Platforms
Suomi-NPP
Instruments
VIIRS
Spatial Extent

N: 49.99792 S: 20.00208 E: -60.00208 W: -129.9979

Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2012-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Data Partner
Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (formerly Goddard DAAC), Terrestrial Information Systems Laboratory, Earth Sciences Divis ion, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/TISL/GESD
Concept ID
C2650219940-GES_DISC
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
2
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Air Quality ,
Visible Wavelengths ,
Natural Hazards

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Xiao, Q. (2023). Annual Summary of Artificial Light At Night from VIIRS/S-NPP at CONUS County and Census Tract V1 [Data set]. NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/TZY5MHFMYLKQ Date Accessed: 2025-12-14

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