LED headlamps: Glare and colour rendering

Lighting Research and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 295-305

  Sivak, M ^a   Schoettle, B ^a   Flannagan, M J ^a   Andre, J ^b   Rumar, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR VISION; GLARE; HEADLIGHTS; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT SENSITIVE MATERIALS;

CHROMATICITY; COLOUR RENDERING; DISCOMFORT GLARE; HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE LIGHT SOURCES; RETROREFLECTIVE TRAFFIC MATERIALS;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 10944245750     PISSN: 14771535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1365782804li124oa     Document Type: Article

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