Table 4 The 20 largest contiguous light agglomerations in 1992, with different DN thresholds
From: Dynamics and spatial distribution of global nighttime lights
DN > 30 | DN > 40 | DN > 50 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Area (km2) | City | Area (km2) | City | Area (km2) | City |
37,940 | New York | 26,533 | New York | 20,584 | New York |
18,263 | Brussels | 11,753 | Tokyo | 8,640 | Tokyo |
15,310 | Tokyo | 11,495 | Boston | 7,895 | Los Angeles |
14,101 | Boston | 10,812 | Chicago | 7,514 | Boston |
13,791 | Liverpool | 10,738 | Brussels | 6,761 | Chicago |
13,069 | Chicago | 9,159 | Toronto | 5,599 | Washington |
11,691 | Toronto | 7,452 | Washington | 4,588 | Nagoya |
10,249 | Los Angeles | 6,895 | London | 4,513 | Dallas |
8,568 | Washington | 6,231 | Nagoya | 4,419 | London |
8,541 | London | 5,834 | Dallas | 4,266 | Houston |
7,680 | Nagoya | 5,455 | Houston | 3,990 | Osaka |
6,999 | Montreal | 5,366 | Osaka | 3,882 | Detroit |
6,755 | Osaka | 5,219 | Köln | 3,716 | Toronto |
6,639 | Milano | 4,963 | Montreal | 3,700 | Miami |
6,473 | Köln | 4,860 | Detroit | 3,587 | Cleveland |
6,321 | Dallas | 4,745 | Cleveland | 3,500 | San Francisco |
6,098 | Huston | 4,533 | Milano | 3,464 | Atlanta |
6,083 | Detroit | 4,330 | San Francisco | 3,232 | Montreal |
5,796 | Shenzhen | 4,303 | Tampa | 3,067 | Köln |
5,723 | Cleveland | 4,238 | Miami | 2,920 | Paris |