Effects of light pollution revealed during a nocturnal aerial survey by two hyperspectral imagers

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 4349-4361

  Barducci, Alessandro ^a   Marcoionni, Paolo ^a   Pippi, Ivan ^a   Poggesi, Marco ^a  

^a IFAC CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SENSORS; LIGHTING; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROMETERS;

HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGERS;

POLLUTION;

EID: 0042232213     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.004349     Document Type: Article

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