Tracking Electrification in Vietnam Using Nighttime Lights

doi:10.3390/rs6109511

Publication:
Tracking Electrification in Vietnam Using Nighttime Lights

dc.contributor.author	Min, Brian
dc.contributor.author	Gaba, Kwawu Mensan
dc.date.accessioned	2015-12-01T22:39:58Z
dc.date.available	2015-12-01T22:39:58Z
dc.date.issued	2014-10-09
dc.description.abstract	We report on a systematic ground-based validation of DMSP-OLS night lights imagery to detect rural electrification in Vietnam. Based on an original survey of village-level units in Vietnam, this study compares nighttime light output from the U.S. Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite Program’s Operational Linescan System (DMSP-OLS) against ground-based survey data on electrical infrastructure and electricity use in 200 electrified villages. Monthly and annual composites record a one-point increase in brightness along DMSP-OLS’s 63-point brightness scale for every 60–70 additional streetlights or 240–270 electrified homes. Using a time series of 90 nightly images, the data show a one-point increase in brightness for every 125–200 additional streetlights, or 550–700 additional electrified homes. The results highlight the potential to use night lights imagery to support efforts to connect the 1.2 billion people who lack electricity around the world.	en
dc.identifier.citation	Remote Sensing
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/23183
dc.identifier.issn	2072-4292
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/23183
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	MDPI
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	night lights
dc.subject	electricity
dc.subject	ground-truth
dc.title	Tracking Electrification in Vietnam Using Nighttime Lights	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.type	Article de journal	fr
dc.type	Artículo de revista	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.date.disclosure	2015-12-01
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-06T11:33:36.545216Z
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Journal Article
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.externalcontent	External Content
okr.guid	317421467988883892
okr.identifier.doi	10.3390/rs6109511
okr.identifier.report	102491
okr.journal.nbpages	9511-29
okr.language.supported	en
okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.region.country	Viet Nam
okr.relation.associatedurl	http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/6/10/9511
okr.topic	Energy::Electric Power
okr.volume	6(10)