UPDATE 9/21/18:
The NASA Black Marble product suite has been used to assess disruptions in energy infrastructure and utility services following major disasters. The night-time imageries are useful for pre-event and post-event mapping and monitoring of power outages in cloud-free conditions.
UPDATE 9/15/18:
The Day/Night Band (DNB) sensor of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), on board the Suomi-National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) and Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) satellite platforms, provide global daily measurements of nocturnal visible and near-infrared (NIR) light that are suitable for Earth system science and applications studies. The VIIRS Black Marble product suite detects light in a range of wavelengths from green to near-infrared, including city lights and lights from other activity.
On September 14, 2018 North Carolina officials said the number of power outages was more than half a million, and the number had climbed steadily due to Florence. The NASA Black Marble product suite has been used to assess disruptions in energy infrastructure and utility services following major disasters. The night-time imageries are useful for pre-event and post-event mapping and monitoring of power outages in cloud-free conditions.
Learn more about VIIRS Black Marble Product Suite: https://viirsland.gsfc.nasa.gov/Products/NASA/BlackMarble.html
References:
Román, M.O., Wang, Z., Sun, Q., Kalb, V., Miller, S.D., Molthan, A., Schultz, L., Bell, J., Stokes, E.C., Pandey, B. and Seto, K.C., et al. (2018). NASA's Black Marble nighttime lights product suite. Remote Sensing of Environment, 210, 113-143. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2018.03.017.
Román, M.O. and Stokes, E.C. (2015). Holidays in lights: Tracking cultural patterns in demand for energy services. Earth’s Future, 3, 182–205.
