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Artificially lit surface of Earth at night increasing in radiance and extent
- Christopher C. M. Kyba1,2,*,
- Theres Kuester1,
- Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel3,4,†,
- Kimberly Baugh5,
- Andreas Jechow1,2,
- Franz Hölker2,
- Jonathan Bennie6,
- Christopher D. Elvidge7,
- Kevin J. Gaston8 and
- Luis Guanter1
- 1GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam 14473, Germany.
- 2Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin 12587, Germany.
- 3Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Glorieta de la Astronomía s/n, Granada C.P. 18008, Spain.
- 4Dept. Astrofísica y CC. de la Atmósfera, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid 28040, Spain.
- 5Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
- 6Centre for Geography, Environment and Society, University of Exeter, Penryn TR10, UK.
- 7National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO 80305, USA.
- 8Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UK.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: kyba{at}gfz-potsdam.de
↵† Present address: Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UK.
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Science Advances 22 Nov 2017:
Vol. 3, no. 11, e1701528
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1701528
Vol. 3, no. 11, e1701528
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1701528
Christopher C. M. Kyba
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam 14473, Germany.Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin 12587, Germany.
Theres Kuester
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam 14473, Germany.
Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Glorieta de la Astronomía s/n, Granada C.P. 18008, Spain.Dept. Astrofísica y CC. de la Atmósfera, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid 28040, Spain.
Kimberly Baugh
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
Andreas Jechow
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam 14473, Germany.Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin 12587, Germany.
Franz Hölker
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin 12587, Germany.
Jonathan Bennie
Centre for Geography, Environment and Society, University of Exeter, Penryn TR10, UK.
Christopher D. Elvidge
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO 80305, USA.
Kevin J. Gaston
Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9FE, UK.
Luis Guanter
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam 14473, Germany.
