The first World Atlas of the artificial night sky brightness

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 328, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 689-707

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Ist Sci Tecn dell'Inquinamento L   (Italy)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric effects; Light pollution; Scattering; Site testing

Indexed keywords

POLLUTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEA LEVEL;

ACCURATE MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; EUROPEAN UNION; HIGH RESOLUTION; LIGHT POLLUTION; SATELLITE DATA; SITE-TESTING; STATE POPULATION; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGIES; WORLD POPULATION;

LUMINANCE;

EID: 0038160932     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04882.x     Document Type: Article

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