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ArticleJournal of imaging2019

Beyond All-Sky: Assessing Ecological Light Pollution Using Multi-Spectral Full-Sphere Fisheye Lens Imaging.

Andreas Jechow, Christopher C M Kyba, Franz Hölker

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Article in Journal of imaging, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. A framework for untangling the consequences of artificial light at night on species interactions.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023
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  14. Urban Lighting Research Transdisciplinary Framework-A Collaborative Process with Lighting Professionals.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Andreas JechowEcohydrology, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, 12587 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7596-6366
Christopher C M KybaEcohydrology, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, 12587 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7014-1843
Franz HölkerEcohydrology, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, 12587 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5932-266X

Funding

European Cooperation in Science and Technology ES1204 LoNNeHorizon 2020 689443Horizon 2020 H2020-ICT-2015-688135Leibniz-Gemeinschaft SAW-2015-IGB-1Leibniz-Gemeinschaft SAW-K45/2017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Artificial light at night is a novel anthropogenic stressor. The resulting ecological light pollution affects a wide breadth of biological systems on many spatio-temporal scales, from individual organisms to communities and ecosystems. However, a widely-applicable measurement method for nocturnal light providing spatially resolved full-spectrum radiance over the full solid angle is still missing. Here, we explain the first step to fill this gap, by using a commercial digital camera with a fisheye lens to acquire vertical plane multi-spectral (RGB) images covering the full solid angle. We explain the technical and practical procedure and software to process luminance and correlated color temperature maps and derive illuminance. We discuss advantages and limitations and present data from different night-time lighting situations. The method provides a comprehensive way to characterize nocturnal light in the context of ecological light pollution. It is affordable, fast, mobile, robust, and widely-applicable by non-experts for field work.

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artificial light at nightecological light pollutionimaginglight pollutionluminance measurementsnight-timeradiance measurements

Identifiers

PMID34460484
PMCPMC8320937

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