F Falchi, P Cinzano, D Duriscoe, CCM Kyba… - Science …, 2016 - science.org
Artificial lights raise night sky luminance, creating the most visible effect of light pollution— artificial skyglow. Despite the increasing interest among scientists in fields such as ecology …
AC Townsend, DA Bruce - International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Satellite imagery of night-time lights provided by the US Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP), using the Operational Linescan System (OLS), has been used to …
The high sensitivity and advanced onboard calibration on the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Day/Night Band (DNB) enables accurate measurements of low …
Artificial lighting is strongly associated with urbanisation and is increasing in its extent, brightness and spectral range. Changes in urban lighting have both positive and negative …
M Aubé - … Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Propagation of artificial light at night (ALAN) in the environment is now known to have non negligible consequences on fauna, flora and human health. These consequences depend …
FM Collison, K Poe - Tourism Management Perspectives, 2013 - Elsevier
Astronomical tourism represents a less-studied segment of sustainable tourism, where a dark night sky is the underlying resource. This article evaluates an astronomical tourism …
We present the results of the analysis of satellite imagery to study light pollution in Spain. Both calibrated and non-calibrated DMSP-OLS images were used. We describe the method …
The current perspective about urban development expects 70% of energy consumption will be concentrated in the cities in 2050. In addition, a growing density of people in the urban …
Urbanisation is proceeding at an alarming rate which forces wildlife to either retreat from urban areas or cope with novel stressors linked to human presence and activities. For …