Naked-eye star visibility and limiting magnitude mapped from DMSP-OLS satellite data

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 323, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 34-46

  Cinzano, P ^a   Falchi, F ^a   Elvidge, C D ^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

LUMINANCE; POPULATION STATISTICS; VISIBILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; ELEVATION DATA; GTOPO30; LAND AREAS; LIGHT POLLUTION; NAKED-EYE; PHOTOMETRICS; SATELLITE DATA; SITE-TESTING; STELLARS;

STARS;

EID: 0002745920     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04213.x     Document Type: Article

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