VIIRS Nightlights Downloader

Download VIIRS nighttime light composite data (annual or monthly) globally or by region for 2012-2024 from public NOAA and NASA sources.

Download VIIRS nighttime light composite data from public sources (EOG/NOAA VNL, NASA LAADS).

Usage

bash

# Search available data
python viirs-nightlights-download.py search --year 2023 --product annual

# Download global annual composite
python viirs-nightlights-download.py download --year 2023 --product annual -o output/

# Download monthly composite
python viirs-nightlights-download.py download --year 2023 --product monthly --month 6 -o output/

# Download regional subset by bbox
python viirs-nightlights-download.py download --year 2023 --product annual --bbox 100,20,120,40 -o output/

Products

• annual: Annual cloud-free composite (VNL v2)
• monthly: Monthly composite

Year Range

2012 - 2024

Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• requests
• tqdm