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North America 1992-2013

Shale Gas Flares in Dakota and Texas

The radiance of North America has rarely changed. The northeast of the US shows a slight decrease in brightness, the South and Midwest a modest increase. Flares from shale gas fields can be seen in the Dakota and South Texas regions.

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Total Radiance Time Series

 

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Radiance and GDP

Including Latin America shows again a clean correlation between radiance and GDP

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