We use remote sensing, geographic information systems and local sensors to map light pollution and infer environmental and social parameters from it.
To gauge the impact of offshore light pollution on marine habitats, we use satellite images to measure the amount of artificial light that spills over across the mediterranean network of marine protected areas. We then fit a mathematical model to better understand the propagation of stray artificial light around urban regions.
By measuring the zenithal nighthly luminance in the town of Manresa and in a semi-rural area nearby we aim to compare the daily, monthly, and annual cycles in these two environments. Correlations will be attempted against the moon cycle, the solar magnetic cycle and weather.
We use night-time artificial light images taken with the VIIRS on-orbit sensor to measure artificial light consumption in touristy coastal areas in Spain during the summer months of 2020. We then study how this consumption deviated from the historic trend in order to estimate the effect of the lockdown due to the pandemic in the third major contributor to national GDP.
In this work we study the impact of light pollution on the Natura 2000 network of EU-protected habitats in Catalonia. In particular, we set our focus on analysing how excessive artificial light in the ecological corridors connecting protected natural areas fragments the landscape at night and may isolate their nocturnal fauna.
Satellite images were used to analyze the social, economic and environmental factors of sustainability in Bolivia. We took advantage of night-time Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) images to trace the distribution of the population, and we correlated artificial light with energy consumption, environmental degradation and pollution by CO2 emissions, and social aspects that are obtained from secondary information sources.