Light energy loss and application to estimate a global energy usage

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4151, Issue , 2001, Pages 237-245

  Isobe, S ^a   Hamamura, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

City light; Energy loss; Energy usage; Light pollution; The DMSP

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LIGHT EMISSION; POLLUTION CONTROL;

LIGHT ENERGY LOSS; LIGHT POLLUTION;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0035046971     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.417013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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5. Mapping city lights with nighttime data from the DMSP operational line scan system