New model for mesopic photometry and its application to road lighting

LEUKOS - Journal of Illuminating Engineering Society of North America

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 263-293

  Eloholma, Marjukka ^a   Halonen, Liisa ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Mesopic; Photometry; Road lighting; Spectral luminous efficiency; Visual performance

Indexed keywords

ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STREET LIGHTING; VISION;

MESOPIC; MESOPIC LUMINANCES; ROAD LIGHTING; VISUAL PERFORMANCE;

PHOTOMETRY;

EID: 33749009729     PISSN: 15502724     EISSN: 15502716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1582/LEUKOS.2006.02.04.002     Document Type: Article

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