Aerial survey and spatial analysis of sources of light pollution in Berlin, Germany

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 126, Issue , 2012, Pages 39-50

  Kuechly, Helga U ^a   Kyba, Christopher C M ^a,b   Ruhtz, Thomas ^b   Lindemann, Carsten ^b   Wolter, Christian ^a   Fischer, Jürgen ^b   Hölker, Franz ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial lighting; Darkness; GIS; Light at night; Light pollution; Remote sensing; Spatial analysis; Urban analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING; DARKNESS; LIGHT POLLUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ANALYSIS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; LIGHT SOURCES; LUMINANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SURVEYS;

POLLUTION;

AERIAL SURVEY; DARK; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LAND USE; LIGHT POLLUTION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

BERLIN; GERMANY;

EID: 84865638065     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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