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NSKY-CD: A System for Cloud Detection Based on Night Sky Brightness and Sky Temperature
Remote Sensing, 2023 Cloud cover is important meteorological information that still requires expensive equipment to be monitored from the ground, especially at night. The use of artificial lights at night causes light pollution, and clouds amplify this by reflecting light ...
Luciano Massetti +2 more
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NIGHT SKY BRIGHTNESS ABOVE ZAGREB 2012.-2017.
Rudarsko-geološko-naftni Zbornik, 2018 The night sky brightness at the RGN site (near the centre of Zagreb, Croatia) was monitored form January 2012. to December 2017. The gathered data show that the average night sky brightness in this period did not change significantly, apart from ...
Željko Andreić
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Night-Time Skyglow Dynamics during the COVID-19 Epidemic in Guangbutun Region of Wuhan City
Remote Sensing, 2022 The COVID-19 epidemic lockdown has a direct influence on urban socioeconomic activity, including night-time light (NTL) changes. Night-time skyglow, a form of light pollution caused by NTL, is also affected by public emergencies. Here we investigated the
Chengen Li, Xi Li, Changjun Zhu
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Remote Sensing, 2020 Artificial skyglow, the brightening of the night sky by artificial light at night that is scattered back to Earth within the atmosphere, is detrimental to astronomical observations and has an impact on ecosystems as a form of light pollution.
Andreas Jechow, Franz Hölker
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Data in Brief, 2022 A Sky Quality Meter (SQM) is a photometer designed to measure night sky brightness. SQMs have been used to interpret light fields for various purposes, including studies of relationships between directional light brightness and sea turtle hatchling ...
Shigetomo Hirama +4 more
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Sky brightness measurements for different environmental conditions by the example of St. Petersburg
SHS Web of Conferences, 2018 St. Petersburg is unique place in Russia with an environmental phenomenon called “white nights” during summertime: sky brightness levels are influenced mostly by environmental conditions.
Kolgushkina Svetlana
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Map of Sky Brightness over Greater Bandung and the Prospect of Astro-Tourism
Indonesian Journal of Geography, 2019 In this paper, result of moving campaigns of night sky brightness measurement over Greater Bandung area is reported. Though the campaigns were not commenced in ideal condition in terms of cloud cover and moon light contamination, the result is quite ...
Rhorom Priyatikanto +5 more
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Remote Sensing, 2022 There are several tools and methods to quantify light pollution due to direct or reflected light emitted towards the sky. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are still rarely used in light pollution studies.
Luciano Massetti +2 more
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Light pollution in the Tatra National Park [PDF]
Archives of Environmental ProtectionLight pollution in the form of artificial sky glow affects not only the immediate surroundings of the towns that generate it but also more distant areas, including protected regions. This study examines the extent of the impact of the artificial sky glow,
Tomasz Ściężor +2 more
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Quantifying the Impact of Light Pollution on Sea Turtle Nesting Using Ground-Based Imagery
Remote Sensing, 2020 Remote sensing of anthropogenic light has substantial potential to quantify light pollution levels and understand its impact on a wide range of taxa.
James Vandersteen +3 more
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