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Christopher D. Elvidge

Christopher D. Elvidge

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
83
Citations
36327
World Ranking
817
National Ranking
353

Christopher D. Elvidge publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christopher D. Elvidge sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 252 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Christopher D. Elvidge D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christopher D. Elvidge sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Christopher D. Elvidge is affiliated with the Colorado School of Mines in the United States. Their research primarily centers on environmental science, with a significant focus on global and planetary change. Their work also covers renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, aerospace engineering, atmospheric science, and environmental engineering.

The scientist's key topics of study include the impact of light on the environment and health, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, infrared target detection methodologies, oil, gas, and environmental issues, atmospheric ozone and climate, circadian rhythm and melatonin, and the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on air quality.

Major recent publications by Christopher D. Elvidge include:

  • Annual Time Series of Global VIIRS Nighttime Lights Derived from Monthly Averages: 2012 to 2019 (2021, Remote Sensing)
  • The Dimming of Lights in China during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020, Remote Sensing)
  • Indicators of Electric Power Instability from Satellite Observed Nighttime Lights (2020, Remote Sensing)
  • Extending the DMSP Nighttime Lights Time Series beyond 2013 (2021, Remote Sensing)
  • Estimating global economic well-being with unlit settlements (2022, Nature Communications)

Christopher D. Elvidge has published extensively in the journal Remote Sensing, contributing to eleven articles. Additional publications appear in the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2022), Nature Communications, Frontiers in Remote Sensing, and Applied Energy.

The following individuals are frequent coauthors:

  • Mikhail Zhizhin
  • Tilottama Ghosh
  • Feng-Chi Hsu
  • Morgan Bazilian
  • Jay Taneja

Best Publications

  • The new world atlas of artificial night sky brightness.

    Fabio Falchi;Pierantonio Cinzano;Dan Duriscoe;Christopher C. M. Kyba

  • Relation between satellite observed visible-near infrared emissions, population, economic activity and electric power consumption

    C. D. Elvidge;K. E. Baugh;E. A. Kihn;H. W. Kroehl

  • A Fifteen Year Record of Global Natural Gas Flaring Derived from Satellite Data

    Christopher D. Elvidge;Daniel Ziskin;Kimberly E. Baugh;Benjamin T. Tuttle

  • Mapping City Lights With Nighttime Data from the DMSP Operational Linescan System

    Christopher D. Elvidge;Kimberly E. Baugh;Eric A. Kihn;Herbert W. Kroehl

  • VIIRS night-time lights

    Christopher D Elvidge;Kimberly Baugh;Mikhail Zhizhin;Feng Chi Hsu

  • The first World Atlas of the artificial night sky brightness

    P. Cinzano;F. Falchi;C.D. Elvidge

  • Artificially lit surface of Earth at night increasing in radiance and extent

    Christopher C. M. Kyba;Christopher C. M. Kyba;Theres Kuester;Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel;Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel;Kimberly Baugh

  • Mapping and modeling the biogeochemical cycling of turf grasses in the United States.

    Cristina Milesi;Steven W. Running;Christopher D. Elvidge;John B. Dietz

  • Comparison of broad-band and narrow-band red and near-infrared vegetation indices

    Christopher D. Elvidge;Zhikang Chen

  • Visible and near infrared reflectance characteristics of dry plant materials

    Christopher D. Elvidge

  • Spatial analysis of global urban extent from DMSP-OLS night lights

    Christopher Small;Francesca Pozzi;C.D. Elvidge

  • Limiting the impact of light pollution on human health, environment and stellar visibility

    Fabio Falchi;Pierantonio Cinzano;Christopher D. Elvidge;David M. Keith

  • A Technique for Using Composite DMSP/OLS "City Lights"Satellite Data to Map Urban Area

    Marc L.Imhoff;William T. Lawrence;David C. Stutzer;Christopher D. Elvidge

  • Why VIIRS data are superior to DMSP for mapping nighttime lights

    Christopher D. Elvidge;Kimberly E. Baugh;Mikhail Zhizhin;Feng-Chi Hsu

  • Remote sensing of night lights: A review and an outlook for the future

    Noam Levin;Noam Levin;Christopher C.M. Kyba;Christopher C.M. Kyba;Qingling Zhang;Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel;Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel;Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel

  • Radiance Calibration of DMSP-OLS Low-Light Imaging Data of Human Settlements

    Christopher D Elvidge;Kimberly E Baugh;John B Dietz;Theodore Bland

  • A change detection experiment using vegetation indices.

    John G. Lyon;Ding Yuan;Ross S. Lunetta;Chris D. Elvidge

  • Night-time lights of the world: 1994–1995

    Christopher D Elvidge;Marc L Imhoff;Kimberly E Baugh;Vinita Ruth Hobson

  • A global poverty map derived from satellite data

    Christopher D. Elvidge;Paul C. Sutton;Tilottama Ghosh;Benjamin T. Tuttle

  • Census from Heaven: An estimate of the global human population using night-time satellite imagery

    P. Sutton;D. Roberts;C. Elvidge;K. Baugh

Frequent Co-Authors

Kimberly E. Baugh
Kimberly E. Baugh University of Colorado Boulder
Paul C. Sutton
Paul C. Sutton University of Denver
Christopher Small
Christopher Small Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Ramakrishna R. Nemani
Ramakrishna R. Nemani Ames Research Center
Steven D. Miller
Steven D. Miller Colorado State University
Marc L. Imhoff
Marc L. Imhoff Goddard Space Flight Center
Morgan Bazilian
Morgan Bazilian Colorado School of Mines
Steven W. Running
Steven W. Running University of Montana
K. V. S. Badarinath
K. V. S. Badarinath National Remote Sensing Centre
Paul G. Rodhouse
Paul G. Rodhouse British Antarctic Survey

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