Comfort and visibility characteristics of spectrally-tuned high intensity discharge forward lighting systems

European Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-84

  Van Derlofske, John ^a   Bullough, John D ^b   Gribbin, Christopher ^b  

^a 3M COMPANY   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Discomfort glare; Forward lighting; Mesopic vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547856650     PISSN: 1450216X     EISSN: 1450202X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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