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Hi,
I am new to satellite imagery. Can someone please explain what resolution means here? When i write res(ras), it returns something like: [1] 0.004166667 0.004166667
What is the meaning of this? What units are these? Is it meter/area? How should I interpret this?

Hi Parth,

I'm an economist interested in using the VIIRS data to proxy for economic conditions. I found your breakdown of DMSP v/s VIIRS quite informative.

I'd like your advice on the suitability of these data sources for policy analysis. One take-away from your post is that there's a high degree of month-to-month variability inherent in the data. I'm imagining that this would make the data less sensitive to policy changes-- say a new SEZ or factory in a region. Is this your read as well?

On a related note, would you have suggestions to get started on the sort of analysis that you perform here? Any tutorials or books that you found helpful?