DMSP Publications

Elvidge, C., Hsu, F.C., Baugh, K.E., Ghosh, T., "National Trends in Satellite Observed Lighting: 1992-2012," Global Urban Monitoring and Assessment Through Earth Observation;  Supporting information 1,  Supporting information. (In Press CRC Press) (2013).

• Badarinath, K.V.S, Sharma, A.R., and Kharol, S.K., "Forest fire monitoring and burnt area mapping using satellite data: a study over the forest region of Kerala State, India," International Journal of Remote Sensing (Taylor & Francis) 32:1 (2011): 85-102.
• F. D. W. Witmer and J. O Loughlin, "Detecting the Effects of Wars in the Caucasus Regions of Russia and Georgia Using Radiometrically Normalized DMSP-OLS Nighttime Lights Imagery," GI Science & Remote Sensing, (Bellwether Publishing, Ltd ) 48 (2011): 478-500.
• Oda, T. and S. Maksyutov, "A very high-resolution (1km× km) global fossil fuel CO2 emission inventory derived using a point source database and satellite observations of nighttime lights," Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, (Copernicus Publications) 11 (2011): 543-556.
• Small, Christopher, Christopher D. Elvidge, Deborah Balk, Mark Montgomery, 2011, "Spatial scaling of stable night lights," Remote Sensing of Environment, (Elsevier) 115 (2011): 269-280.
• Zhao, Naizhuo, Nate Currit, Eric Samson, "Net primary production and gross domestic product in China derived from satellite imagery," Ecological Economics, (Elsevier)(2011).
• Ziskin, D, C. Aubrecht, C. Elvidge, B. Tuttle, C. M. Eakin, A. E. Strong, and L. S. Guild, "Describing coral reef bleaching using very high spatial resolution satellite imagery: experimental methodology," Journal of Applied Remote Sensing (SPIE) 5 (2011): 053531.

• Aubrecht, C., M. Stojan-Dolar, A. de Sherbinin, M. Jaiteh, T. Longcore, and C. Elvidge, "Lighting governance for protected areas and beyond . Identifying the urgent need for sustainable management of artificial light at night," Earthzine, (IEEE) (2010).
• Aubrecht, C., Rodrigues, P., Gil, A., Elvidge, C., Longcore, T., "SOS call from nature - Observing effects of artificial night lighting on marine birds on the Azores," Darksky, 2010: 10th European Symposium for the Protection of the Night Sky. (Kaposvá Hungary) (September 2-4, 2010) [invited].
• Aubrecht, C.,Jaiteh, M., de Sherbinin, A., Longcore, T, Elvidge, C., "A call for urban lighting governance in the vicinity of protected areas," BiodiverCities 2010 - An international conference of the Urban Protected Areas Network. (Paris, September 6-8, 2010).
• Baugh, Kimberly, Chris Elvidge, Tilottama Ghosh, Daniel Ziskin, "Development of a 2009 Stable Lights Product using DMSP-OLS data," Proceedings of the 30th Asia-Pacific Advanced Network Meeting, (2010): 114-130.
• Doll, Christopher N.H., "Population detection profiles of DMSP-OLS night-time imagery by regions of the world," Proceedings of the 30th Asia-Pacific Advanced Network Meeting (2010): 191-207.
• Eakin, C.M. , C.J. Nim, R.E. Brainard, C. Aubrecht, C.D. Elvidge, K. Gledhill, F. Muller-Karger, P.J. Mumby, W.J. Skirving, A.E. Strong, M. Wang, S. Weeks, F. Wentz, D.C. Ziskin, "Monitoring Coral Reefs from Space," Oceanography, The Oceanography Society, 23:4 (2010): 118-133.
• Elvidge C.D., Keith D.M., Tuttle B.T., Baugh K.E., "Spectral Identification of Lighting Type and Character," Sensors, 10(4)(2010): 3961-3988.
• Elvidge, C.D., B.T. Tuttle, P.C. Sutton, "Collaborative Tool for Collecting Reference Data on the Density of Constructed Surfaces Worldwide," Sixth International Symposium on Digital Earth: Models, Algorithms, and Virtual Reality (SPIE, Proc. of SPIE) Vol. 7840 (2010): 7.
• Elvidge, C.D., Baugh, K.E., Sutton, P.C., Bhaduri, B., Tuttle, B.T., Ghosh, T., Ziskin, D., Erwin, E.H., "Who's In The Dark: Satellite Based Estimates Of Electrification Rates," Urban Remote Sensing: Monitoring, Synthesis and Modeling in the Urban Environment, Ed. Xiaojun Yang, Wiley-Blackwell, (Chichester, UK, In Press) (2010).
• Falchi, F., "Campaign of sky brightness and extinction measurements using a portable CCD camera," Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
• Ghosh, T., Powell, R., Elvidge, C. D., Baugh, K. E., Sutton, P. C., & Anderson, S., "Shedding light on the global distribution of economic activity," The Open Geography Journal, 3 (2010): 148-161.
• Ghosh, T., C.D. Elvidge, P.C. Sutton, K.E. Baugh, D. Ziskin, B.T. Tuttle, "Creating a Global Grid of Distributed Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions from Nighttime Satellite Imagery," Energies, 3(12) (2010): 1895-1913.
• Ghosh, T., Powell, R.L., Anderson, S. Sutton, P.C. Elvdige, C.D., "Informal Economy And Remittance Estimates of India Using Nighttime Imagery," International Journal of Ecological Economics & Statistics, 17 (2010).
• Ghosh, Tilottama, Christopher D. Elvidge, Paul C. Sutton, Kimberly E. Baugh, Daniel Ziskin, "Estimating the Information and Technology Development Index (IDI) Using Nighttime Satellite Imagery," Proceedings of the 30th Asia-Pacific Advanced Network Meeting (2010): 153-172.
• Hsu, Feng-Chi, Christopher D. Elvidge, Yasunari Matsuno, "Steel Stock Estimation for Building and Civil Construction by Satellite Image, "Proceedings of the 30th Asia-Pacific Advanced Network Meeting (2010): 173-181.
• Letu, Husi , Hara, Masanao , Yagi, Hiroshi , Naoki, Kazuhiro, Tana, Gegen , Nishio, Fumihiko and Shuhei, Okada, "Estimating energy consumption from night-time DMPS/OLS imagery after correcting for saturation effects," International Journal of Remote Sensing (Taylor & Francis) 31 (2010): 16: 4443-4458.
• Nagatani, Izumi, "A methodology to create DMSP-OLS night-time mosaic image for monitoring fishing boats," Proceedings of the 30th Asia-Pacific Advanced Network Meeting (2010): 143-152.
• Oda, T. , Shamil Maksyutov, and Christopher Elvidge, "Disaggregation of national fossil fuel CO2 emissions using a global power plant database and DMSP nightlight data," Proceedings of the 30th Asia-Pacific Advanced Network Meeting (2010): 220-229.
• Roychowdhury, Koel, Simon Jones, Colin Arrowsmith, Karin Reinke, Anthony Bedford, "The role of satellite data in census: Case study of an Indian State," Proceedings of the 30th Asia-Pacific Advanced Network Meeting (2010): 208-219.
• Sutton, P.C., M.J. Taylor, C.D. Elvidge, "Using DMSP OLS Imagery to Characterize Urban Populations in Developed and Developing Countries, "Remote Sensing of Urban and Suburban Areas," Ed. Rashed, Tarek; Jü, Carsten, Springer (2010): 329-348.
• Sutton, Paul C., Christopher D. Elvidge, Benjamin T. Tuttle, Daniel Ziskin, Kimberly Baugh, and Tilottama Ghosh, "A 2010 Mapping of the Constructed Surface Area Density for S.E. Asia - Preliminary Results," Proceedings of the 30th Asia-Pacific Advanced Network Meeting (2010): 182-190.
• Takahashi, Kazoe Ichino, Ryutaro Terakado, Jiro Nakamura, Yoshihiro Adachi, Christopher D. Elvidge, Yaunari Matsuno, "In-use stock analysis using satellite nighttime light observation data," Resources, Conservation, and Recycling, (Elsevier) 55 (2010): 196-2000.
• Ziskin, Daniel, Kimberly Baugh, Feng Chi Hsu, Tilottama Ghosh, Chris Elvidge, "Methods Used For the 2006 Radiance Lights," Proceedings of the 30th Asia-Pacific Advanced Network Meeting (2010): 131-142.

• Matsumura, K., Hijmans, R. J., Chemin, Y., Elvidge, C. D., Sugimoto, K., Wu, W. B.,Lee, Y. W., and Shibasaki, R., "Mapping the global supply and demand structure of rice," Sustainability Science, 4 (2)(2009): 301-313.
• Elvidge, C. D., P. C. Sutton, T. Ghosh, B. T. Tuttle, K. E. Baugh, B. Bhaduri, and E. Bright, "A Global Poverty Map Derived from Satellite Data," Computers and Geosciences 35 (2009): 1652 -1660.
• Elvidge, C. D., Ziskin, D., Baugh, K. E., Tuttle, B. T., Ghosh, T., Pack, D. W., Erwin, E. H., Zhizhin, M., "A Fifteen Year Record of Global Natural Gas Flaring Derived from Satellite Data," Energies, 2 (3) (2009): 595-622.
• Elvidge, C.D., Baugh, K., Tuttle, B., Ziskin, D., Ghosh, T., "Satellite Observation of Heavily Lit Fishing Boat Activity in the Coral Triangle Region,"  Proceedings of the 30th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, Beijing, China (2009).
• Elvidge, C.D., Sutton, P.C., Tuttle, B.T., Ghosh, T., Baugh, K.E, "Global Urban Mapping Based on Nighttime Lights," Global Mapping of Human Settlement,
• Ed. Gamba, P. And Herold, M., (CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida USA) Chapter 6 (2009): 129 - 144.
• Elvidge, C.D., Tuttle, B.T., Sutton, P.C., "Collaborative tool for collecting reference Data on the density of constructed surfaces worldwide", Proceeding of the 6th International Symposium on Digital Earth, Beijing, China, 10 (2009).
• Elvidge, C.D.; Erwin, E.H.; Baugh, K.E.; Ziskin, D.; Tuttle, B.T.; Ghosh, T.; Sutton, P.C., "Overview of DMSP nighttime lights and future possibilities,"  Proceedings of the 7th International Urban Remote Sensing Conference (IEEE) 5 (2009). 
• Ghosh, T., Anderson, S., Powell, R. L., Sutton, P. C., Elvidge, C. D., "Estimation of Mexico's Informal Economy and Remittances Using Nighttime Imagery," Remote Sensing, 1 (3) (2009): 418-444.
• Ghosh, T.; Sutton, P.; Powell, R.; Anderson, S.; Elvidge, C.D., "Estimation of Mexico's informal economy using DMSP nighttime lights data," IEEE Proceedings of the 7th International Urban Remote Sensing Conference (2009): 10 Pages.
• Kiran Chand, T.R., Badarinath, K.V.S., Elvidge, C.D., Tuttle, B.T., "Spatial characterization of electrical power consumption patterns over India using temporal DMSP-OLS night-time satellite data," International Journal of Remote Sensing, 30(3) (2009): 647-661.
• Matsuno, Y.; Takahashi, K.I.; Adachi, Y.; Nakamura, J.; Elvidge, C., "Calculation of the in-use stock of materials in urban with nocturnal light image," IEEE Proceedings of the 7th International Urban Remote Sensing Conference (2009): 5 Pages.
• Nghiem, S.V., Balk, D., Rodriguez, E., Neumanna, G., Sorichetta, A., Small, C., Elvidge, C.D., "Observations of urban and suburban environments with global satellite scatterometer data," ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 64 (2009): 367-380.
• Rauch, J.N., "Global mapping of Al, Cu, Fe, and Zn in-use stocks and in-ground resources," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Ed. David Menzie, (In Press) (2009).
• Sutton, P. C., Anderson, S. A., Elvidge, C. D., Tuttle, B. T., Ghosh, T., "Paving the planet: impervious surface as proxy measure of the human ecological footprint," Progress in Physical Geography, 33 (2009): 510-527.

• Aubrecht, C., Elvidge, C. D., Longcore, T., Rich, C., Safran, J., Strong, A.E., Eakin, C.M., Baugh, K.E., Tuttle, B.T., Howard, A.T., Erwin, E.H., "A global inventory of coral reef stressors based on satellite observed nighttime lights," Geocarto International, 23(6), (2008): 467 - 479.
• Aubrecht, C., Elvidge, C.D., Eakin, C.M., "Earth Observation Based Assessment of Anthropogenic Stress to Coral Reefs - A Global Analysis," Proceedings of the  (IGARRS) 4, (2008): 367-370.
• Doll, C.N.H., "CIESIN Thematic Guide to Night-time Light Remote Sensing and its Applications," Center for International Earth Science Information (Network of Columbia University, Palisades, NY) (2008).
• Elvidge, C.D., Tuttle, B.T., "How Virtual Globes Are Revolutionizing Earth Observation Data Access and Integration," Proceedings of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Congress, Commission VI (WG VI/4), (2008): 137 -140.
• Tuttle, B.T., Anderson, S., Huff, R., "Virtual Globes: An Overview of Their History, Uses, and Future Challenges," Geography Compass, 2(5), (2008): 1478 - 1505.

• Elvidge, C.D., Cinzano, P., Pettit, D.R., Arvesen, J., Sutton, P., Small, C., Nemani, R., Longcore, T., Rich, C., Safran, J., Weeks, J., Ebener, S., "The Nightsat mission concept," International Journal of Remote Sensing, 28 (12 (2007): 2645 - 2670.
• Elvidge, C.D., Erwin, E.H., Baugh, K.E., Tuttle, B.T., Howard, A.T., Pack, D.W., Milesi, C., "Satellite data estimate worldwide flared gas volumes," Oil and Gas Journal, (2007): 50 - 58.
• Elvidge, C.D., Safran, J., Tuttle, B., Sutton, P., Cinzano, P., Pettit, D., Arvesen, J., Small, C., "Potential for global mapping of development via a Nightsat mission," Geo Journal, 69, (2007): 45 - 53.
• Elvidge, C.D., Tuttle, B.T., Sutton,, P.C., Baugh, K.E., Howard, A.T., Milesi, C., Bhaduri, B., Nemani R., "Global distribution and density of constructed impervious surfaces," Sensors, 7 (2007): 1962-1979.
• Kiran Chand, T.R., Badarinath, K.V.S., Murthy, M.S.R., Rajshekhar, G., Elvidge, C.D, Tuttle, B.T., "Active forest fire monitoring in Uttaranchal State, India using multi-temporal DMSP-OLS and MODIS data," International Journal of Remote Sensing,  28 (10) (2007): 2123 - 2132.
• Sutton, P. C., C. D. Elvidge and T. Ghosh, "Estimation of gross domestic product at sub-national scales using nighttime satellite imagery," International Journal of Ecological Economics and Statistics, 8 (SO7) (2007): 5 - 21.

• Amaral S., Câra G., Miguel A., Monteiro V., Quintanilha J.A., "DMSP/OLS night-time light imagery for urban population estimates in the Brazilian Amazon," International Journal of Remote Sensing, 27 (5) (2006): 855 - 870.
• Briggs D.J., Gulliver J., Fecht D., Vienneau D.M, "Dasymetric modelling of small-area population distribution using land cover and light emissions data," Remote Sensing of Environment, 108 (2006): 451-466.
• Chalkias C., Petrakis M., Psiloglou B., Lianou M., "Modelling of light pollution in suburban areas using remotely sensed imagery and GIS," Journal of Environmental Management, 79 (2006): 57 - 63.
• Cinzano P, "Recent progresses on a second world atlas of the night-sky brightness . LPTRAN/LPDART realistic models, tomography of light pollution, accurate validation methods and extended satellite data analysis." Working Group Light Pollution, XXVI IAU General Assembly 50 (2006).
• Doll C.N.H., Muller J.-P., Morley J.G., "Mapping regional economic activity from night-time light satellite imagery," Ecological Economics , 57 (2006): 75 - 92.
• Kiran Chand, T.R., Badarinath, K.V.S., Krishna Prasad, V., Murthy, M.S.R., Elvidge, C.D, Tuttle, B.T., "Monitoring forest fires over the Indian region using Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-Operational Linescan System nighttime satellite data," Remote Sensing of Environment, 103(2) (2006): 165-178.
• Sutton, P. C., Cova, T.J., Elvidge, C.D., "Mapping exurbia in the conterminous United States using nighttime satellite imagery," Geocarto International, 21 (2)(2006): 39 - 45.
• Toenges-Schuller, N., Stein, O., Rohrer, F., Wahner, A., Richter, A., Burrows, J.P., Beirle, S., Wagner, T., Platt, U. and Elvidge, C.D., "Global distribution pattern of anthropogenic nitrogen oxide emissions: Correlation analysis of satellite measurements and model calculations," Journal of Geophysical Research (2006): 111.

• Amaral, S., Camara, G., Monteiro, A.M.V., Quintanilha, J.A. and Elvidge, C.D., 2005, "Estimating population and energy consumption in Brazilian Amazonia using DMSP night-time satellite data", Computer, Environment and Urban Systems, 29, 179-195.
• Ebener, S., Murray, C., Tandon, A., Elvidge, C., "From wealth to health: modeling the distribution of income per capita at the sub-national level using nighttime lights imagery," International Journal of Health Geographics, 4(5) (2005).
• Milesi, C., Running, S.W., Elvidge C.E., Dietz, J.B., Tuttle, B.T., Nemani, R.R.,  "Mapping and Modeling the Biogeochemical Cycling of Turf Grasses in the United States," Environmental Management, 36(3)(2005): 426-438.
• Miller, S.D., Haddock, S.H.D., Elvidge, C.D. and Lee, T.F., "Detection of a bioluminescent milky sea from space," Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences, 102(40) (2005): 14181-14184.
• Small, C., Pozzi, F. and Elvidge, C.D., "Spatial analysis of global urban extent from DMSP-OLS nighttime lights," Remote Sensing of Environment, 96, (2005): 277-291.

• Cinzano P., Elvidge C.D., "Night sky brightness at sites from DMSP-OLS satellite measurements," Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 353 (2004): 1107-1116.
• De Souza Filho, C.R., Zullo, J. Jr., Elvidge, C., "Brazil's 2001 energy crisis monitored from space," International Journal of Remote Sensing, 25(12) (2004): 2475-2482.
• Elvidge, C.D., Milesi, C., Dietz, J.B., Tuttle, B.T., Sutton, P.C., Nemani, R., Vogelmann, J.E., "U.S. constructed area approaches the size of Ohio," EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 85 (2004): 233.
• Elvidge, C.D., Safran, J., Nelson, I.L., Tuttle, B.T., Hobson, V.R., Baugh, K.E., Dietz, J.B., Erwin, E.H., "Area and position accuracy of DMSP nighttime lights data - Chapter 20," Remote Sensing and GIS Accuracy Assessment, Ed. Lunetta R.S. and Lyon, J.G., CRC Press (2004): 281-292.
• Gallo, K.P., Elvidge, C.D.,Yang, L., Reed, B.C., "Trends in night-time city lights and vegetation indices associated with urbanization within the conterminous USA," International Journal of Remote Sensing, 20(10), (2003-2007).
• Imhoff M.L., Bounoua L., DeFries R., Lawrence W.T., Stutzer D., Tucker C.J., Rickett T., "The consequences of urban land transformation on net primary productivity in the United States," Remote Sensing of Environment, 89, (2004): 434 - 443.
• Kohiyama, M., Hayashi, H., Maki, N., Higashida, M., Kroehl, H.W., Elvidge, C.D., Hobson, V.R., "Early damaged area estimation system using DMSP-OLS night-time imagery," International Journal of Remote Sensing, 25(11), (2004): 2015-2036.
• Maxwell, M.R., A. Henry, C. D. Elvidge, J. Safran, V. R. Hobson, I. Nelson, B. T. Tuttle, J. B. Dietz, J. R. Hunter, "Fishery Dynamics of the California market squid (Loligo opalescens), as measured by satellite remote sensing," Fish Bull, 102, (2004): 661-67.
• Waluda, C.M., Yamashiro, C., Elvidge, C.D., Hobson, V.R., Rodhouse, P.G., "Quantifying light-fishing for Dosidicus gigas in the eastern Pacific using satellite remote sensing," Remote Sensing of Environment, 91, (2004): 129-133.

• Elvidge, C.D., Dietz, J.B., Berkelmans, R., Andrefouet, S., Skirving, W., Strong, A.E., Tuttle, B.T., "Satellite Observation of Keppel Islands (Great Barrier Reef) 2002 Coral Bleaching Using IKONOS Data," Coral Reefs, 23, (2003): 123-132.
• Elvidge, C.D., Hobson, V.R., Nelson, I.L., Safran, J.M., Tuttle, B.T., Dietz, J.B., Baugh, K.E., "Overview of DMSP-OLS and scope of applications - Chapter 13," Remotely Sensed Cities, Ed. Victor Mesev, Taylor and Francis, London, (2003): 281-299.
• Gallo, K.P., Elvidge, C.D., Yang, L., Reed, B.C., "Trends in nighttime city lights and vegetation indices associated with urbanization within the conterminous USA," International Journal of Remote Sensing, 25(10), (2003 - 2007).
• Henderson, M., Yeh, E.T., Gong, P., Elvidge, C.D. Baugh, K., "Validation of urban boundaries derived from global night-time satellite imagery," International Journal of Remote Sensing, 24, (2003): 595-609.
• Milesi C., Elvidge C.D., Nemani R.R., Runnings S.W., "Assessing the impact of urban land development on net primary productivity in the southeastern United States," Remote Sensing of Environment, 86,(2003): 273 - 432.
• Sutton P.C., "A scale-adjusted measure of .Urban sprawl. using nighttime satellite imagery," Remote Sensing of Environment, 86, (2003): 353 - 369.
• Sutton, P., Elvidge, C., Obremski, T., "Building and Evaluating Models to Estimate Ambient Population Density," Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 69(5), (2003): 545-552.

• Cinzano, P. and Elvidge C.D., "Night sky brightness at sites from satellite data," Memoirs of the Italian Astronomical Society, 73,(2002): 23-24.
• Cinzano, P., Falchi, F., Elvidge, C.D., "Moonlight without the moon," Journal of Earth, Moon and Planets, 85-86, (2002): 517-522.
• McNamara, D., Stephens, G., Ramsay, B., Prins, E., Csiszar, I., Elvidge, C., Hobson, R., Schmidt, C., "Fire detection and monitoring products at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration," Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 68, (2002): 774-775.
• Prasad, V.K., Badarinath, K.V.S., Elvidge, C.D., "Biomass burning and related trace gas emissions from tropical dry deciduous forests of India: A study using DMSP-OLS data and ground-based measurements," International Journal of Remote Sensing, 23, (2002): 2837-2851.
• Waluda, C.M., Trathan, P.N., Elvidge, C.D., Hobson, V.R., Rodhouse, P.G., "Throwing light on straddling stocks of Ilex argentinus: assessing fishing intensity with satellite imagery," Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 59 (2002): 592-596.

• Cinzano, P, Falchi, F., Elvidge, C.D., "The first world atlas of the artificial night sky brightness," Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 328 (2001): 689-707.
• Cinzano, P., Falchi, F., Elvidge, C.D., "Naked-eye visibility and limiting magnitude mapped from DMSP-OLS satellite data," Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 323 (2001): 34-46.
• Elvidge, C.D., Hobson, V.R., Baugh, K.E., Dietz, J., Shimabukuro, Y.E., Krug, T., Novo, E.M.L.M., Echavarria, F.R.,  "DMSP-OLS estimation of rainforest area impacted by ground fires in Roraima, Brazil: 1995 versus 1998," International Journal of Remote Sensing, 22, (2001):2661-2673.
• Elvidge, C.D., Imhoff, M.L., Baugh, K.E., Hobson, V.R., Nelson, I., Safran, J., Dietz, J.B., Tuttle, B.T., "Nighttime lights of the world: 1994-95," ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 56, (2001):81-99.
• Elvidge, C.D., Nelson, I., Hobson, V.R., Safran, J., Baugh, K.E., "Detection of fires at night using DMSP-OLS data," Global and Regional Vegetation Fire Monitoring from Space: Planning a Coordinated International Effort, Ed. Ahern, F.J., Goldammer, J.G., Justice, C.O., (SPB Academic Publishing bv, The Hague, The Netherlands) (2001): 125-144.
• Rodhouse, P.G., Elvidge, C.D., Trathan, P.N., "Remote sensing of the global light-fishing fleet: an analysis of interactions with oceanography, other fisheries and predators," Advances in Marine Biology, 39, (2001): 261-303.
• Sutton, P., Roberts, D., Elvidge, C., and Baugh, K., "Census from Heaven: an estimate of the global population using night-time satellite imagery," International Journal of Remote Sensing, 22(16), (2001): 3061-3076.

• Cho K., Ito R., Shimoda H., Sakata T., "Fishing fleet lights and sea surface temperature distribution observed by DMSP/OLS sensor," International Journal of Remote Sensing, 20 (1) (1999): 3 - 9.
• Cinzano P., Falchi F., Elvidge C.D., Baugh K.E., "Mapping the artificial sky brightness in Europe from DMSP satellite measurements: The situation of the night sky in Italy in the last quarter of century," XLIII Meeting of the Italian Astronomical Society (1999).
• Elvidge, C.D., Baugh, K.E., Dietz, J., Bland, T., Sutton, P.C., Kroehl, H.W., "Radiance Calibration of DMSP-OLS Low-Light Imaging Data of Human Settlements," Remote Sensing of Environment, 68(1),(1999): 77-88.

• Elvidge, C.D. Pack, D.W., Prins, E., Kihn, E.A., Kendall, J., and Baugh, K.E., "Wildfire Detection with Meteorological Satellite Data: Results from New Mexico During June of 1996 Using GOES, AVHRR, and DMSP-OLS. Chapter 7," Remote Sensing Change Detection: Environmental Monitoring Methods and Applications, Ed. Lunetta, R.S. and Elvidge, C.D., Ann Arbor Press, (1998): 74-122.
• Elvidge, C.D., Baugh, K.E., Hobson, V.R., Kihn, E.A., Kroehl, H.W., "Detection of Fires and Power Outages Using DMSP-OLS Data - Chapter 8," Remote Sensing Change Detection: Environmental Monitoring Methods and Applications, Ed. Lunetta, R.S. and Elvidge, C.D., Ann Arbor Press, (1998): 123-135.
• Elvidge, C.D., Baugh, K.E., Hobson, V.R., Kihn, E.A., Kroehl, H.W., "Detection of Fires and Power Outages Using DMSP-OLS Data - Chapter 8," Remote Sensing Change Detection: Environmental Monitoring Methods and Applications, Ed. Lunetta, R.S. and Elvidge, C.D., Ann Arbor Press, (1998): 123-135.
• Owen T.W., Gallo K.P, Elvidge C.D., Baugh K.E., "Using DMSP-OLS light frequency data to categorize urban environments associated with US climate observing stations," International Journal of Remote Sensing 19 (17), (1998): 3451 -3456.
• Revenga, C., Murray, S., Abramovitz, J., Hammond, A., "Watersheds of the World: Ecological Value and Vulnerability," World Resources Institute, Washington, D.C. (1998).

• Elvidge, C.D., Baugh, K.E., Hobson, V.H., Kihn, E.A., Kroehl, H.W., Davis, E.R., Cocero, D., "Satellite inventory of human settlements using nocturnal radiation emissions: A contribution for the global toolchest," Global Change Biology, 3, (1997): 387-395.
• Elvidge, C.D., Baugh, K.E., Kihn, E.A., Kroehl, H.W, Davis, E.R, "Mapping of city lights using DMSP Operational Linescan System data," Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 63, (1997): 727-734.
• Elvidge, C.D., Baugh, K.E., Kihn, E.A., Kroehl, H.W, Davis, E.R, Davis, C., "Relation between satellite observed visible - near infrared emissions, population, and energy consumption," International Journal of Remote Sensing, 18 (1997): 1373-1379.
• Imhoff, M.L., Lawrence, W.T., Elvidge, C., Paul, T., Levine, E., Prevalsky, M. and Brown, V., "Using nighttime DMSP/OLS images of city lights to estimate the impact of urban land use on soil resources in the U.S.," Remote Sensing of Environment, 59 (1997): 105-117.
• Imhoff, M.L., Lawrence, W.T., Stutzer, D.C. and Elvidge, C.D., "A Technique for Using Composite DMSP/OLS 'City Lights' Satellite Data to Accurately Map Urban Areas," Remote Sensing of Environment, 61, (1997): 361-370.
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