European Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) Annual Dataset (2012–2024): DOS-MW–Corrected VIIRS Day/Night Band (DNB)

The dataset contains European annual median composite mosaics of Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) for the years 2012–2024, derived from monthly cloud-free average radiance grids of the VIIRS Day/Night Band (DNB). Radiance values have been processed using the Dark Object Subtraction method with a Moving Window (DOS-MW) correction to suppress residual noise in the annual VIIRS median mosaics (nW/cm2/sr). The original annual global nighttime light products are distributed by the Earth Observation Group (EOG), Payne Institute for Public Policy, Colorado School of Mines, and are available from the EOG website: https://eogdata.mines.edu/products/vnl/.