Detecting light outages after severe storms using the S-NPP/VIIRS day/night band radiances

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1582-1586

  Cao, Changyong ^a   Shao, Xi ^b   Uprety, Sirish ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Day night band (DNB); derecho; Hurricane Sandy; light power outage detection; nighttime remote sensing; Suomi National Polar orbiting Partnership (S NPP) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)

Indexed keywords

COMPARISON OF LIGHTS; DAY/NIGHT BAND (DNB); DERECHO; METROPOLITAN AREA; POLAR-ORBITING; POWER COMPANY; SEVERE STORMS; VISIBLE INFRARED IMAGING RADIOMETER SUITES;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; HURRICANES; INFRARED IMAGING; RADIOMETERS; STORMS;

OUTAGES;

EID: 84886589751     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2013.2262258     Document Type: Article

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