Code for Producing a Pixel-scale Corrected Nighttime Light Dataset (PCNL, 1992-2021) Combining DMSP-OLS and NPP-VIIRS

We proposed a set of DMSP-OLS and NPP-VIIRS inter-correction methods and produced a pixel-scale corrected nighttime light dataset (PCNL, 1992-2021).

Two sets of reliable global nighttime light datasets were chosen as the basis. CCNL-DMSP (1992-2013) is a consistent and corrected nighttime light dataset produced from DMSP-OLS. CCNL-DMSP mainly solved three problems of DMSP-OLS, namely, interannual inconsistency, saturation and blooming. The annual VNL-VIIRS dataset available on the Earth Observation Group website was also used, and the monthly median masked data of V21 was selected. Using filtering and employing outlier removal, VNL-VIIRS has removed sunlit, moonlit and cloudy pixels, and has discarded biomass burning pixels.

PCNL shows a great temporal and spatial consistency at both the pixel scale and the regional scale.