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Table 1 Overview of the different data sources

From: Using VIIRS nightlights to estimate the impact of the 2015 Nepal earthquakes

Data source

Type of data

Spatial resolution

Temporal res

Temporal coverage

Spatial coverage

VIIRS

Nightlights

15 arc-seconds

Monthly

2012-present

75 N 65Sa

Worldpop

Population

3 or 30 arc-seconds

Annually or less

2000-present

Global

ShakeMaps

Earthquake

0.0167°b

One per EQ

1996-presentc

Global

  1. aHeavily dependent on time of year, i.e. during summer the hemispheres will have less nighttime coverage
  2. bEMost are 0.0167°, but for Nepal it is 0.0333
  3. cEarlier earthquakes are also covered, but the development did not start until 1996