Imaging and mapping the impact of clouds on skyglow with all-sky photometry [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2017 Artificial skyglow is constantly growing on a global scale, with potential ecological consequences ranging up to affecting biodiversity. To understand these consequences, worldwide mapping of skyglow for all weather conditions is urgently required.
Andreas Jechow +5 more
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Let there be Skyglow—light pollution from a large outdoor music festival (Lollapalooza Berlin 2016) [PDF]
Scientific ReportsLive music is often linked to elaborate light shows, particularly at large outdoor music festivals. However, artificial light at night is one form of environmental pollution, light pollution, and because outdoor festivals emit a substantial amount of ...
Andreas Jechow
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Design and implementation of an illumination system to mimic skyglow at ecosystem level in a large-scale lake enclosure facility [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Light pollution is an environmental stressor of global extent that is growing exponentially in area and intensity. Artificial skyglow, a form of light pollution with large range, is hypothesized to have environmental impact at ecosystem level.
Andreas Jechow +19 more
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Skyglow-Induced Luminance Gradients Influence Orientation in a Migratory Moth [PDF]
InsectsArtificial light at night (ALAN) is altering nocturnal ecosystems. While the effects of direct light sources on insect behavior are well studied, the influence of large-scale skyglow on migratory orientation remains unclear.
Yi Ji +8 more
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Experimental study on the impact of continuous and dynamic artificial light at night on moths originating from different skyglow conditions [PDF]
Scientific ReportsBiodiversity is negatively affected by light pollution, caused by artificial light at night (ALAN). Light-emitting diodes facilitate new lighting technologies to mediate the negative effects of ALAN, such as dynamic ALAN where light intensity can be ...
Evert Van de Schoot +4 more
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Artificial light at night is a top predictor of bird migration stopover density [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 As billions of nocturnal avian migrants traverse North America, twice a year they must contend with landscape changes driven by natural and anthropogenic forces, including the rapid growth of the artificial glow of the night sky.
Kyle G. Horton +9 more
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Verification of Angular Response of Sky Quality Meter with Quasi-Punctual Light Sources [PDF]
Sensors, 2021 Sky Quality Meter (SQM) is a commercial instrument based on photometers widely used by amateur astronomers for skyglow measurement from the ground. In the framework of the MINLU project, two SQM-LE units were integrated in an autonomous sensor suite ...
Mirco Bartolomei +4 more
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Temperature Stability of the Sky Quality Meter [PDF]
Sensors, 2013 The stability of radiance measurements taken by the Sky Quality Meter (SQM)was tested under rapidly changing temperature conditions during exposure to a stable lightfield in the laboratory.
Christopher C.M. Kyba +4 more
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Air pollution mitigation can reduce the brightness of the night sky in and near cities [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Light pollution is a novel environmental problem whose extent and severity are rapidly increasing. Among other concerns, it threatens global biodiversity, nocturnal animal migration, and the integrity of the ground-based astronomy research enterprise ...
Miroslav Kocifaj, John C. Barentine
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SG-WAS: A New Wireless Autonomous Night Sky Brightness Sensor [PDF]
Sensors, 2021 The main features of SG-WAS (SkyGlow Wireless Autonomous Sensor), a low-cost device for measuring Night Sky Brightness (NSB), are presented. SG-WAS is based on the TSL237 sensor –like the Unihedron Sky Quality Meter (SQM) or the STARS4ALL Telescope ...
Miguel R. Alarcon +5 more
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