POMIARY JASNOŚCI NOCNEGO NIEBA W AGLOMERACJI KRAKOWSKIEJ
MEASUREMENTS OF THE NIGHT SKY BRIGHTNESS IN CRACOW AGGLOMERATION

Author(s): Marek Kubala
Subject(s): Regional Geography, Conference Report
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: light pollution; artificial sky glow; Cracow agglomeration
Summary/Abstract: This paper presents the results of over a year of night sky brightness measurements in ten selected points of the Cracow agglomeration. The measurements were carried out every day, in all weather conditions. This made it possible to formulate a number of conclusions as to the effect of the atmosphere on the brightness of the night sky and the associated light pollution. Large database of measurement data also helped to draw some conclusions of statistical nature. The itinerant measurements in the Cracow agglomeration allowed to determine the range of the light island of the agglomeration and compare it to the modeled light pollution of the area, presented by Cinzano et al. (2001).

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