Night sky brightness at sites from DMSP-OLS satellite measurements

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 353, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1107-1116

  Cinzano, P ^a,b   Elvidge, C D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Ist Sci Tecn dell'Inquinamento L   (Italy)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric effects; Light pollution; Scattering; Site testing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; SATELLITES;

ARTIFICIAL LIGHT; ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; BRIGHTNESS MODEL; HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITES; LIGHT FLUXES; LIGHT POLLUTION; MEASUREMENTS OF; MODELLING TECHNIQUES; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SITE-TESTING;

LUMINANCE;

EID: 5744239143     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08132.x     Document Type: Article

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