This page lists research papers about measuring or modelling skyglow. Please email me if you know of another paper that should be included.
Skyglow papers
Andreić Ž, Andreić D, Pavlić K (2012) Near infrared light pollution measurements in Croatian sites. Geofizika, in press
Aubé M, Kocifaj M (2012)
Using two light-pollution models to investigate artificial sky radiances at Canary Islands observatories. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, in press
Bierman A (2012)
Will switching to LED outdoor lighting increase sky glow?. Lighting Research and Technology, in press
Biggs JD, Fouch T, Bilki F, Zadnik MG (2012)
Measuring and mapping the night sky brightness of Perth, Western Australia. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 421: 1450-1464
Craine ER, Craine BL, Craine PR, Craine EM (2012) The Light at Night Mapping Project: LAN MAP 1, the Tucson Basin. Society for Astronomical Sciences 2012 (proceedings), 139-145
Falchi F, Cinzano P (2012)
The propagation of light pollution in the atmosphere. MNRAS 427:3337-3357 (
arxiv)
Kocifaj M (2012)
Two-stream approximation for rapid modeling the light pollution levels in local atmosphere. Astrophysics and Space Science, in press
Kyba CCM, Lolkema DE (2012)
A Community Standard for the Recording of Skyglow Data. Astronomy & Geophysics 53: 6.17-6.18
Kyba CCM, Ruhtz R, Fischer J, Hölker F (2012) "
Red is the New Black: How the Color of Urban Skyglow Varies with Cloud Cover," Mon Not R Astron Soc 425:701-708, doi:
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21559.x.
The definitive version is available at http://www.blackwell-synergy.com.
Noll S, Kausch W, Barden M, Jones AM, Szyszka C, Kimeswenger S, Vinther J (2012) An atmospheric radiation model for Cerro Paranal. I. The optical spectral range. Astronomy and Astrophysics, in press [
arxiv]
Pun CSJ, So CW (2012)
Night-sky brightness monitoring in Hong Kong: a city-wide light pollution assessment. Environ Monit Assess 184: 2537-2557
Falchi F (2011)
Campaign
of sky brightness and extinction measurements using a portable ccd
camera. Mon Not R Astron Soc 412:33-48
Hampf D, Rowell G, Wild N, Subholz T, Horns D, Tluczykont M (2011)
Measurement of
night sky brightness in southern Australia. Advances in Space
Research 48:1017-1025.
[not really a light pollution paper, but
some visitors may find it interesting.]
Hamidi ZS, Abidin ZZ, Ibrahim ZA, Shariff NNM (2011)
Effect of light
pollution on night sky limiting magnitude and sky quality in selected
areas in Malaysia. Sustainable Energy & Environment (ISESEE), 2011
3rd International Symposium & Exhibition, pp.233-235
Kyba CCM, Ruhtz T, Fischer J, Hölker F (2011)
Cloud Coverage Acts as an Amplifier for Ecological Light Pollution in Urban Ecosystems. PLoS ONE
6(3):e17307.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017307
Kyba CCM, Ruhtz T, Fischer J, Hölker F (2011)
Lunar
Skylight Polarization Signal Polluted by Urban Lighting. J
Geophys Res 116
doi:10.1029/2011JD016698
Kocifaj M (2011)
A numerical experiment on light pollution from distant sources. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 415:3609-3615
Lolkema DE, Haaima M, den Outer PN, Spoelstra H (2011)
Effects of meteorological and atmospheric parameters on night sky brightness. Report of the Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM #680151002)
Park H (2011)
Remembering the
starry night (SkyAct): Using smartphones and social networking to
raise community awareness to light pollution. Masters Thesis, York
University
Stark H, Brown SS, Wong KW, Sturtz J, Elvidge CD, Pollack IB, Ryerson TB, Dube WP, Wagner NL, Parrish DD (2011)
City lights and urban air. Nature Geoscience 4: 730-731
Walker CE, Pompea SM (2011)
National education program for energy efficient illumination engineering. Proceedings of SPIE Eco-Photonics 2011, Strasbourg, France, March 2011.
Baskill, D (2010)
How dark is your sky? Astronomy & Geophysics 51:6.23-24
Elvidge CD, Keith DM, Tuttle BT, Baugh KE (2010)
Spectral identification of lighting
type and character. Sensors 10: 3961-3988.
Hiscocks PD, Gudmundsson, S (2010)
The
Contribution of Street Lighting to Light Pollution. Journal of the
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Vol. 104, No. 5, p.190
Kocifaj M (2010)
Modelling
the spectral behaviour of night skylight close to artificial light
sources. Mon Not R Astron Soc 403: 2105-2110.
Kocifaj M, Aubé M, Kohút I (2010)
The effect of spatial and spectral heterogeneity of ground-based light sources on night-sky radiances. Mon Not R Astron Soc 409:3 1203-1212.
Kolláth Z (2010)
Measuring and modelling light pollution at the zselic starry sky park.
J Phys Conf Ser 218: 012001.
Krisciunas K, Bogglio H, Sanhueza P, Smith MG (2010)
Light Pollution At High Zenith Angles, As Measured at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory. Publ astron soc pac 122: 373-.
So CW (2010)
Observational Studies of the Night Sky in Hong Kong. Master's thesis,
The University of Hong Kong.
José A. Vázquez-Mata, Héctor M. Hernández-Toledo, Luis A. Martínez-Vázquez and Atanacio Pani-Cielo (2009)
Light pollution around Tonantzintla Observatory. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 5, E38
Luginbuhl CB, Duriscoe DM, Moore CW, Richman A, Lockwood GW, Davis, DR (2009)
From the Ground Up II: Sky Glow and Near-Ground Artificial Light Propagation in
Flagstaff, Arizona. Publ astron soc pac 121: 204-212.
Luginbuhl CB, Lockwood GW, Davis DR, Pick K, Selders J (2009)
From The Ground
Up I: Light Pollution Sources in Flagstaff, Arizona. Publ Astron Soc Pac 121: 185-203.
Aubé M (2007)
Light pollution modeling and detection in a heterogeneous environment. Proceedings of Starlight 2007 conference. La Palma, Spain.
Duriscoe DM, Luginbuhl CB, Moore CA (2007)
Measuring Night-Sky Brightness
with a Wide-Field CCD Camera. Publ astron soc pac 119: 192-213.
Kocifaj M(2007) Light-pollution model for cloudy and cloudless night skies with groundbased
light sources. Appl Opt 46: 3013-3022.
Kerola DX (2006)
Modelling artificial night-sky brightness with a polarized multiple scattering radiative transfer computer code. Mon Not R Astron Soc 365: 1295-1299
Aubé M, Franchomme-Fossé L, Robert-Staehler P, Houle V (2005)
Light pollution modeling and detection in a heterogeneous environment: toward a night time aerosol optical depth retrieval method.
Proceedings of SPIE 2005 -- Volume 5890, San Diego, California, USA.
Cinzano P (2005)
Night sky photometry with sky quality meter. Technical Report 9,
ISTIL. V1.4.
Albers S, Duriscoe D (2001)
Modeling light pollution from population data and implications for National Park Service lands. George Wright Forum 18:56-68
Bortle JE (2001)
Introducing the Bortle Dark-Sky Scale. Sky & Telescope, February 2001.
Cinzano P, Falchi F, Elvidge CD (2001)
The first World Atlas of the artificial night sky
brightness. Mon Not R Astron Soc 328: 689-707.
Cinzano P, Stagni R (2000) The colors of the sky glow. Mem Soc Astron Ita 71: 231-234.
Falchi F, Cinzano P (2000) Measuring and Modelling Light Pollution. Mem Soc Astron Ital 71: 139
Garstang RH (1989)
Night-sky brightness at observatories and sites. Publ Astron Soc
Pac 101: 306-329.
Garstang RH (1986)
Model for Artificial Night-Sky Illumination. Publ Astron Soc Pac 98:364-375
Walker MF (1977)
The effects of urban lighting on the brightness of the night sky. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 89, 405-409
Berry RL (1976)
Light Pollution in Southern Ontario. Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 70: 97-115
Pike R (1976)
A Simple Computer Model for the Growth of Light Pollution. Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 70:116-126
Bertiau FC, de Graeve E, Treanor PJ (1973) The Artificial
Night-sky Illumination in Italy. Vatican Observatory publications,
1(4), 157-179
Hoag AA (1973)
City Sky Glow Monitoring at Kitt Peak. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 85: 503-507
Riegel KW (1973)
Light Pollution. Science 179: 1285-1291
Walker MF (1973)
Light Pollution in California and Arizona. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 85: 508-519
Walker MF (1970)
The California Site Survey. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 82: 672-698