ArticleInternational journal of applied earth observation and geoinformation : ITC journal2022
Associations between nighttime light and COVID-19 incidence and mortality in the United States.
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- Spatiotemporal dynamics and associated drivers of COVID-19 incidence in Nepal.Tropical medicine and health · 2025Article
- Indirect and direct effects of nighttime light on COVID-19 mortality using satellite image mapping approach.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Spatiotemporal Dynamics of COVID-19 Pandemic City Lockdown: Insights From Nighttime Light Remote Sensing.GeoHealth · 2024Article
- "Urban-Satellite" estimates in the ABCD Study: Linking Neuroimaging and Mental Health to Satellite Imagery Measurements of Macro Environmental Factors.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- Nighttime light perspective in urban resilience assessment and spatiotemporal impact of COVID-19 from January to June 2022 in mainland China.Urban climate · 2023Article
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Abstract
COVID-19 has caused almost 770,000 deaths in the United States by November 2021. The nighttime light (NTL), representing the intensity of human activities, may reflect the degree of human contacts and therefore the intensity of COVID-19 transmission. This study intended to assess the associations between NTL differences and COVID-19 incidence and mortality among U.S. counties. The COVID-19 data of U.S. counties as of 31 December 2020 were collected. The average NTL values for each county in 2019 and 2020 were derived from satellite data. A negative binomial mixed model was adopted to assess the relationships between NTL intensity and COVID-19 incidence and mortality. Compared to the counties with the lowest NTL level (0.14-0.37 nW/cm
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