Nighttime Satellite Data Reveals Global Flood Response Patterns (VIDEO)

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Annual changes in nighttime light data in Lower Limpopo (Mozambique) between 1992 and 2013. Inset graph representing the changes in average distance of human settlements from the river.

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Maurizio Mazzoleni, Data source: <a target="_blank" href="http://ngdc.noaa.gov/eog/dmsp/donwloadV4composites.html">Nighttime Lights Time Series</a>

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