MONITORING WŁAŚCIWOŚCI FOTOMETRYCZNYCH SFERY NIEBIESKIEJ PODCZAS ZMIERZCHU I W NOCY W AGLOMERACJI ŁÓDZKIEJ
MONITORING OF PHOTOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF DUSK AND NIGHT SKY IN LIGHT POLLUTED LODZ REGION

Author(s): Marcin Górko, Dariusz Heim
Subject(s): Regional Geography, Conference Report
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: light pollution; night sky; luminance distribution; image of the sky
Summary/Abstract: The modern way of life in developing countries leads to environmental degradation in urban and suburban zones. One specific parameter of this degradation is light pollution due to intense artificial night lighting. The source of this pollution can be a street light or building illumination. This paper describes a methodology for estimation of light pollution using photographic techniques. Additionally, presented methodology allows in a different periods for dynamic evaluation of the phenomenon. The outputs for this analysis are a series of sky luminance distribution in urban and rural zones and results of zenith brightness.

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