DMSP Archive Description

 Description of DMSP Sensors

 Data Availability

 Data Services/Pricing

High Interest Items

 Projects - Past and Present

     Nighttime Lights

     Fire Detection

Fire Detection Paper
Western USA
New Mexico
Madagascar
Brazil
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Mongolia

     Squid Fisheries

 Space Physics Interactive Data Resource (SPIDR)

 City Lights at Night

 Tropical Cyclone Images

 Posters and Slides

Fire Detection

Once light sources are known (Nighttime Lights) ephemeral lights sources can be scrutinized. Over the course of several years, NGDC has conducted several succesful projects concerning the detection of fires.

The Image below displays the step taken to detect fires in an OLS Orbit