Outdoor site-lighting performance: A comprehensive and quantitative framework for assessing light pollution

Lighting Research and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 201-220

  Brons, J A ^a,b   Bullough, J D ^a   Rea, M S ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLARE; LIGHTING;

COMPREHENSIVE METHOD; EMPIRICAL FOUNDATIONS; LIGHT POLLUTION; NIGHT TIME; QUANTITATIVE FRAMEWORKS;

POLLUTION;

EID: 52949098789     PISSN: 14771535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477153508094059     Document Type: Article

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