Image captured by the satellite SDGSAT-1 shows a view of Beijing, capital of China. (Chinese Academy of Sciences/Handout via Xinhua)
BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- The International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS) has released the world's first atlas of urban nighttime light remote-sensing data, providing support for the research on urban sustainable development.
The atlas contains 10-meter resolution nighttime light data on 147 cities in 105 countries around the world.
企业-源明丝麻类有限公司The data was captured by the satellite SDGSAT-1, which was launched into space on Nov. 5, 祁连县能企标牌有限公司 2021 and is the world's first space science satellite dedicated to serving the U.N. 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The satellite is designed to provide space observation data for the monitoring, 沙河市力主干果有限公司 evaluation and study of interactions between humans,虞城县泰昌工量具有限公司 nature and sustainable development, 海伦市嘉齐食品有限公司室外照明灯 according to its developer, 黄山市天壮实业公司 the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
企业-诚家吉饲料有限公司Guo Huadong, head of the CBAS, said the atlas is an important achievement in the field of Earth surface environmental elements detection under low-light conditions.
The data can fully reflect the pattern of urban human settlement and economic development, and provide data support for related research and decision-making on urban sustainable development, Guo added. ■