Perceived brightness of incandescent and LED aviation signal lights

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 893-900

  Bullough, John D ^a   Yuan, Zongjie ^a   Rea, Mark S ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Approach lighting; Light emitting diode; Lighting systems; Taxiway lighting; Visual psychophysics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; BLUE LIGHT; BRIGHTNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIMULATION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; WHITE LIGHT;

ADULT; AVIATION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; LUMINESCENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

MICROMESISTIUS POUTASSOU;

EID: 34548420073     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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