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Nighttime Lights Data Access and Tools

NASA has nighttime lights datasets that help researchers track changes in human activity and explore how artificial light affects the natural world. Access a range of data and data tools such as Worldview, and the HDF to GeoTIFF tool to make the most of nighttime lights data.

Nighttime Lights Data Tools

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Earthdata Search Earthdata Search enables data discovery, search, comparison, visualization, and access across NASA’s Earth science data holdings. Search and Discovery, Access, Cataloging, Cloud Computing, Downloading
FIRMS The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) provides access to satellite imagery, active fire/hotspots, and related products to identify the location, extent, and intensity of wildfire activity. Access, Visualization
Worldview Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
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