The artificial night sky brightness mapped from DMSP satellite Operational Linescan System measurements

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 318, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 641-657

  Cinzano, P ^a   Falchi, F ^a   Elvidge, C D ^b   Baugh, K E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric effects; Light pollution; Scattering; Site testing

Indexed keywords

POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAM SATELLITES; DETAILED MODELS; LIGHT FLUXES; LIGHT POLLUTION; LINESCAN SYSTEM; PHOTOMETRICS; SITE-TESTING; SURFACE AREA; SYSTEM MEASUREMENT;

LUMINANCE;

EID: 0000246170     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03562.x     Document Type: Article

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