Temperature stability of the Sky Quality Meter

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 12166-12174

  Schnitt, Sabrina ^a   Ruhtz, Thomas ^a   Fischer, Jürgen ^a   Hölker, Franz ^b   Kyba, Christopher C M ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Light at night; Light pollution; Night sky brightness; Sky quality meter; Skyglow; Stability; Temperature

Indexed keywords

TEMPERATURE;

CHANGING TEMPERATURE; LIGHT POLLUTION; RADIANCE MEASUREMENT; SKYGLOW; SYSTEMATIC UNCERTAINTIES; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION; TEMPERATURE STABILITY;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 84884363159     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s130912166     Document Type: Article

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