Nighttime Lights Annual Composites V4

The NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (formerly National Geophysical Data Center) maintain an archive of all data recorded on the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellites as relayed to the archive by Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA), previouly referred to as Air Force Global Weather Central (AFGWC). The Nighttime Lights Time Series files are cloud-free composites made using all the available archived DMSP-OLS smooth resolution data for calendar years. In cases where two satellites were collecting data - two composites were produced. The products are 30 arc second grids, spanning -180 to 180 degrees longitude and -65 to 75 degrees latitude.

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Field Value
access_constraints ["Use Constraints: none", "Access Constraints: No Constraints"]
bbox-east-long 180
bbox-north-lat 75
bbox-south-lat -65
bbox-west-long -180
coupled-resource []
dataset-reference-date [{"type": "publication", "value": "2011-11-01"}]
frequency-of-update annually
guid gov.noaa.ngdc.stp.dmsp:4393
licence []
metadata-date 2015-09-18
metadata-language eng; USA
metadata_type geospatial
progress underDevelopment
resource-type dataset
spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-180.0, -65.0], [180.0, -65.0], [180.0, 75.0], [-180.0, 75.0], [-180.0, -65.0]]]}
spatial_harvester true
temporal-extent-begin 2010-01-01
temporal-extent-end 2011-06-01
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • AmeriGEO
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • CKAN
  • GEO
  • GEOSS
  • National
  • North America
  • United States
  • atmosphere
  • atmospheric radiation
  • earth science
  • incoming solar radiation
  • satellite orbits
  • solid earth
isopen False
metadata_created 2025-09-24T01:48:06.317789
metadata_modified 2025-09-24T01:48:06.317802
notes The NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (formerly National Geophysical Data Center) maintain an archive of all data recorded on the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellites as relayed to the archive by Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA), previouly referred to as Air Force Global Weather Central (AFGWC). The Nighttime Lights Time Series files are cloud-free composites made using all the available archived DMSP-OLS smooth resolution data for calendar years. In cases where two satellites were collecting data - two composites were produced. The products are 30 arc second grids, spanning -180 to 180 degrees longitude and -65 to 75 degrees latitude.
num_resources 0
num_tags 14
title Nighttime Lights Annual Composites V4