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nightlights-derecho·dataset

Northern Plains Power Outages, May 2022 Derecho

VIIRS Night Lights Derecho
atmosphere NASA VEDA COG
In plain English

What it measures. Shows where night-time lights dimmed across the Northern Plains between May 10 and May 16, 2022, revealing power outages caused by the derecho windstorm.

How it's made. Built from NASA's VIIRS satellite, which detects night-time lights, comparing before-and-after images.

How & where you'd use it. Helps responders spot which communities lost power after a major storm.

What's measured

nightlightsderecho

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2022-05-10 → 2022-05-10
  • Spatial extent-112.079, 39.48, -88.255, 50.524
  • FormatsCOG

What you can do with it

  • Map air pollutants — NO₂, aerosols, ozone
  • Track greenhouse gases and Earth's energy budget
  • Feed weather and air-quality analysis
Official description

Difference in nightlights for the North Plains from 5/10/2022 and 5/16/2022 to demonstrate power outages from the derecho

Get the data

veda_access.py
# NASA VEDA — open STAC API, anonymous (cloud-optimized GeoTIFFs)
from pystac_client import Client

cat = Client.open("https://openveda.cloud/api/stac")
col = cat.get_collection("nightlights-derecho")
items = list(col.get_items())          # browse the analysis-ready COGs
# open an asset with rioxarray:
# import rioxarray; da = rioxarray.open_rasterio(items[0].assets["cog_default"].href)
NASA VEDA is an open STAC catalog — browse and stream the cloud-optimized GeoTIFFs anonymously (no login).