Visibility from vehicle headlamps and roadway lighting in urban, suburban and rural locations

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bullough, John D ^a   Rea, Mark S ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VISIBILITY;

AMBIENT ILLUMINANCE; HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGES; LIGHTING SYSTEMS; REAL-WORLD DRIVINGS; RELEVANT TARGET; ROADWAY LIGHTING; RURAL LOCATIONS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

HEADLIGHTS;

EID: 85072357411     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2010-01-0298     Document Type: Conference Paper

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