A proposed unified system of photometry

Lighting Research and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 85-111

  Rea, M S ^a   Bullough, J D ^a   Freyssinier Nova, J P ^a   Bierman, A ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHIC METHODS; HUMAN REACTION TIME; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; VISION;

LUMINANCE; LUMINOUS EFFICIENCY FUNCTION; MESOPIC PHOTOMETRY; RETINAL FLUX DENSITY; VISUAL RESPONSES;

PHOTOMETRY;

EID: 3142784253     PISSN: 14771535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/13657828041i114oa     Document Type: Article

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