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Radiance2Carbon (R2C) QGIS 4 compatibility
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Not yet — the latest version declares max QGIS version 3.99.0, so it is not offered to QGIS 4 users.
Radiance2Carbon (R2C) is a QGIS Processing plugin that estimates carbon emissions from multi-temporal Nighttime Lights (NTL) rasters. The algorithm supports several empirical conversion models (Elvidge 2009, Shi 2016, Power Law, and Custom Linear) with automatic or manual threshold filtering to isolate significant illuminated areas. Outputs include CSV reports (carbon estimates and NTL statistics) and PNG visualizations (trend plots, comparison grids, and per-year distributions).
About
This plugin provides a straightforward way to transform Nighttime Lights insights into spatially explicit carbon emission indicators. It is suitable for urban sustainability studies, spatial economics, and monitoring of energy-related development patterns using satellite data such as VIIRS or DMSP-OLS. The tool supports batch processing, CRS-safe boundary overlays, and automatic year parsing from raster filenames. Developed by Firman Afrianto and Adipandang Yudono.
| Author | Firman Afrianto & Adipandang Yudono |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 744 |
| Latest version | 1.0.0 |
| Last updated | 2025-10-11 (370 days ago) |
| Min QGIS | 3.0.0 |
| Max QGIS | 3.99.0 |
| QGIS 4 ready | No |
| Maintenance | Quiet |
| Category | Spatial analysis |
| Tags | urban planning, climate, spatial analysis, emission, nighttime lights, power law, carbon, urban sustainability, ntl |
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