The new world atlas of artificial night sky brightness

Science Advances

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Falchi, Fabio ^a   Cinzano, Pierantonio ^a   Duriscoe, Dan ^b   Kyba, Christopher C M ^c,d   Elvidge, Christopher D ^e   Baugh, Kimberly ^f   Portnov, Boris A ^g   Rybnikova, Nataliya A ^g   Furgoni, Riccardo ^a,h  

^a Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologia dell'Inquinamento Luminoso (ISTIL)   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

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

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^h AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF VARIABLE STAR OBSERVERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; POLLUTION;

ARTIFICIAL LIGHT; BRIGHTNESS MEASUREMENTS; GLOBAL SCALE; LAND USE PLANNING; LIGHT POLLUTION; NORTH AMERICAN; SATELLITE DATA; SKY LUMINANCE;

LUMINANCE;

AFRICA; ASIA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; ILLUMINATION; MAP; POLLUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AFRICA; AMERICAS; ASIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EUROPE; LIGHTING; MAPS AS TOPIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 85020319452     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1600377     Document Type: Article

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