Table 1.

Comparison of parameters for different NTL data.

Parameters	DMSP/OLS	NPP/VIIRS	LJ1-01
Available Period	1992–2013	November 2011–present	June 2018–present
Country	The U.S.	The U.S.	China
Spatial Resolution	2.7 km	740 m	130 m
Swath	3000 km	3000 km	250 km
Spectrum Range	0.5–0.9 μm	0.5–0.9 μm	0.46–0.98 μm
Radiometric Resolution	6 bits	14 bits	14 bits
Saturation	Saturated	Not saturated	Not saturated