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Angular distribution of uplight at 10,000 ft over Berlin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2015

Christopher C. M. Kyba ,
Thomas Ruhtz ,
Carsten Lindemann ,
Jürgen Fischer ,
Franz Hölker  and
Christian B. Luginbuhl
Christopher C. M. Kyba
Affiliation:
Institute for Space Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin, Carl-Heinrich-Becker-Weg 6-10, 12165 Berlin, Germany email: christopher.kyba@wew.fu-berlin.de Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries Müggelseedamm 310, 12587, Berlin, German email: hoelker@igb-berlin.de
Thomas Ruhtz
Affiliation:
Institute for Space Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin, Carl-Heinrich-Becker-Weg 6-10, 12165 Berlin, Germany email: christopher.kyba@wew.fu-berlin.de
Carsten Lindemann
Affiliation:
Institute for Space Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin, Carl-Heinrich-Becker-Weg 6-10, 12165 Berlin, Germany email: christopher.kyba@wew.fu-berlin.de
Jürgen Fischer
Affiliation:
Institute for Space Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin, Carl-Heinrich-Becker-Weg 6-10, 12165 Berlin, Germany email: christopher.kyba@wew.fu-berlin.de
Franz Hölker
Affiliation:
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries Müggelseedamm 310, 12587, Berlin, German email: hoelker@igb-berlin.de
Christian B. Luginbuhl
Affiliation:
US Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station 10391 West Naval Observatory Road, Flagstaff, Arizona 86001-8521USA email: cbl@nofs.navy.mil
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Abstract

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The upward emission direction of artificial light from cities is unknown, and is the most important systematic uncertainty in simulations of skyglow. We present a technique for measuring the emission for zenith angles up to 70°.

Keywords

instrumentation: detectorsradiative transfer
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 10 , Highlights H16: Highlights of Astronomy , August 2012 , pp. 738
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2015 

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