Air Pollution & Light Pollution Global · CAMS NRT / NASA Black Marble
Two complementary views of the human footprint on the planet. Day mode shows Aerosol Optical Depth at 550 nm — the fraction of sunlight scattered and absorbed by particulates and haze in the atmosphere, a direct proxy for air pollution — updated in near-real-time from Copernicus CAMS. Night mode switches to NASA Black Marble, annual composites of artificial light emission from 2012 to 2024.
Current · CAMS NRT · 00 UTC run
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Aerosol Optical Depth: CAMS NRT · ECMWF / Copernicus · 00 UTC run, 3-hourly steps |
Night lights: NASA Black Marble VNP46A4 · VIIRS · NASA GIBS · 2012 & 2016