selected publications

• conference proceeding

  • Identification of wildfire precursor conditions: Linking satellite based fire and soil moisture data.  347-353. 2011
  • Overview of DMSP Nightime Lights and Future Possibilities.  1665-+. 2009
  • Area and positional accuracy of DMSP nighttime lights data.  281-292. 2001
  • The artificial sky brightness in Europe derived from DMSP satellite data.  Symposium- International Astronomical Union. 95-102. 1999

• journal article

  • Extending the DMSP Nighttime Lights Time Series beyond 2013.  Remote Sensing. 2021
  • A simplified model of all-sky artificial sky glow derived from VIIRS Day/Night band data.  Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 133-145. 2018
  • DMSP-OLS Radiance Calibrated Nighttime Lights Time Series with Intercalibration.  Remote Sensing. 1855-1876. 2015
  • VIIRS Nightfire: Satellite Pyrometry at Night.  Remote Sensing. 4423-4449. 2013
  • Creating a Global Grid of Distributed Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions from Nighttime Satellite Imagery.  Energies. 1895-1913. 2010
  • Spectral Identification of Lighting Type and Character.  Diversity. 3961-3988. 2010
  • A Fifteen Year Record of Global Natural Gas Flaring Derived from Satellite Data.  Energies. 595-622. 2009
  • A global poverty map derived from satellite data.  Computers and Geosciences. 1652-1660. 2009
  • Satellite data estimate worldwide flared gas volumes.  Oil and Gas Journal. 50-+. 2007
  • Global distribution and density of constructed impervious surfaces.  Diversity. 1962-1979. 2007
  • Night-time lights of the world: 1994-1995.  ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 81-99. 2001
  • DMSP-OLS estimation of tropical forest area impacted by surface fires in Roraima, Brazil: 1995 versus 1998.  International Journal of Remote Sensing. 2661-2673. 2001
  • The artificial night sky brightness mapped from DMSP satellite Operational Linescan System measurements.  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 641-657. 2000
  • Radiance calibration of DMSP-OLS low-light imaging data of human settlements.  Remote Sensing of Environment: an interdisciplinary journal. 77-88. 1999
  • Using DMSP-OLS light frequency data to categorize urban environments associated with US climate observing stations.  International Journal of Remote Sensing. 3451-3456. 1998
  • Satellite inventory of human settlements using nocturnal radiation emissions: A contribution for the global toolchest.  Global Change Biology. 387-395. 1997
  • Mapping city lights with nighttime data from the DMSP operational linescan system.  Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. 727-734. 1997
  • Relation between satellite observed visible-near infrared emissions, population, economic activity and electric power consumption.  International Journal of Remote Sensing. 1373-1379. 1997