From: Accurate intercensal estimates of energy access to track Sustainable Development Goal 7
Datasets & resolution | Frequency of availability | Source | Raw covariates per pixel per year | Details | Cost for data collection & preparation |
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Targets | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Senegal Census | Every 10 years | National Statistics Office of Senegal (ANSD) | NA | Energy access indicators | $$$ (USD 29 million) |
DHS Survey Data | 2-5 years | United States Agency for International Development (USAID) | NA | Energy access indicators | $$ (but publicly available) |
EO Data | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Harmonized Night-time Lights (NTL) (1Â km/pixel resolution) | Monthly | Harmonized Nightlight Dataset [38] | Mean NTL averaged annually | NTL data DMSP/OLS/VIIRS | Low/no cost (data exhaust) |
Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) (1Â km/pixel resolution) | Monthly | Google Earth Engine | Median AOD averaged annually | Blue band (0.47 ÎĽm) AOD over land | Low/no cost(data exhaust) |
Landsat-8 multi-spectral imagery (L8) (30 m/pixel resolution) | Monthly | Google Earth Engine | 512 length vector extracted using a deep neural network [31] | Bands – Red, Green, Blue, Near Infrared (NIR), Shortwave Infrared 1 & 2 (SWIR1/2), Thermal (TEMP1) | Low/no cost (data exhaust) |
Human settlement | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Population estimates (100Â m/pixel resolution) | Yearly | WorldPop [39] | NA | High resolution gridded population | $$ (but publicly available) |