Predicting discomfort glare from outdoor lighting installations

Lighting Research and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 225-233

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

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLARE; INSTALLATION; LIGHT SOURCES; PHOTOMETRY; POLLUTION;

AMBIENT ILLUMINANCE; CALCULATION SOFTWARE; DISCOMFORT GLARE; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; PHOTOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS; SIMPLE MODELING; SUBJECTIVE JUDGEMENT; SUBJECTIVE RATING;

GLARE EFFECTS;

EID: 52949143543     PISSN: 14771535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477153508094048     Document Type: Article

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