Making the move to a unified system of photometry

Lighting Research and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 393-403

  Rea, Mark S ^a   Bullough, J D ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LIGHT SOURCES; LUMINANCE; VISION;

NIGHTTIME LIGHTING;

PHOTOMETRY;

EID: 37249059213     PISSN: 14771535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477153507077395     Document Type: Article

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