High-resolution map of light pollution
| Autor: | Pawel Netzel, Henryka Netzel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Brightness
Radiation 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Artificial light Night sky Spectral properties Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Light pollution High resolution Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics 01 natural sciences Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics Sky brightness 0103 physical sciences Environmental science 010303 astronomy & astrophysics Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics Spectroscopy 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Remote sensing |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 221:300-308 |
| ISSN: | 0022-4073 |
| Popis: | In 1976, Berry created a very simple model describing artificial night sky brightness due to light emitted by cities. He used several assumptions and simplifications, due to which, map calculated with this model does not properly describes the night sky brightness. Especially, this is the case for highly urbanized areas. We used Berry’s idea, but we changed some assumptions and used very different input data. As in Berry’s approach, we focused on total sky brightness and did not analyze spectral properties of artificial light emission. Resultant map has a resolution of 100 m, and so far it is the most detailed map of night sky brightness. Moreover we included the shadowing effect, which is very important on mountainous areas. Map is calculated for Poland and for several other places in Europe. We also describe the comparison between calculated values and measurements for different areas in Europe. Also we present comparison between our approach and the new world atlas of artificial night sky brightness. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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