Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-03-28
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 318 (2000) 641
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
17 pages, 14 PostScript figures, mn.sty, accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03562.x
We present a method to map the artificial sky brightness across large territories in astronomical photometric bands with a resolution of approximately 1 km. This is useful to quantify the situation of night sky pollution, to recognize potential astronomical sites and to allow future monitoring of trends. The artificial sky brightness present in the chosen direction at a given position on the Earth's surface is obtained by the integration of the contributions produced by every surface area in the surrounding. Each contribution is computed based on detailed models for the propagation in the atmosphere of the upward light flux emitted by the area. The light flux is measured with top of atmosphere radiometric observations made by the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Operational Linescan System. We applied the described method to Europe obtaining the maps of artificial sky brightness in V and B bands.
Baugh K. E.
Cinzano Pierantonio
Elvidge Christopher D.
Falchi Fabio
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