Light pollution and the concentration of anthropogenic photons in the terrestrial atmosphere

Light pollution can be rigorously described in terms of the volume concentration of anthropogenic photons (light quanta) in the terrestrial atmosphere. This formulation, consistent with the basic physics of the emission, scattering and absorption of light, allows one to express light pollution level...

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Autores: Bará Viñas, Salvador, Bao Varela, María del Carmen, Falchi, Fabio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Repositorio:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10347/44396
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Palabra clave:Light pollution
Nocturnal environment
Radiometry
Photometry
Air pollution
21 Astronomía Astrofísica
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spelling Light pollution and the concentration of anthropogenic photons in the terrestrial atmosphereBará Viñas, SalvadorBao Varela, María del CarmenFalchi, FabioLight pollutionNocturnal environmentRadiometryPhotometryAir pollution21 Astronomía AstrofísicaLight pollution can be rigorously described in terms of the volume concentration of anthropogenic photons (light quanta) in the terrestrial atmosphere. This formulation, consistent with the basic physics of the emission, scattering and absorption of light, allows one to express light pollution levels in terms of particle volume concentrations, in a completely analogous way as it is currently done with other classical pollutants, like particulate matter or molecular contaminants. In this work we provide the explicit conversion equations between the photon volume concentration and the traditional light photometry quantities. This equivalent description of the light pollution levels provides some relevant insights that help to identify artificial light at night as a standard pollutant. It also enables a complementary way of expressing artificial light exposures for environmental and public health research and regulatory purposes.ElsevierUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Física Aplicada20222022-08-2420222022-08-24journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10347/44396reponame:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostelainstname:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)InglésengAxencia Galega de Innovación Not available ED431B 2020%2F29open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/443962026-06-15T12:47:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Light pollution and the concentration of anthropogenic photons in the terrestrial atmosphere
title Light pollution and the concentration of anthropogenic photons in the terrestrial atmosphere
spellingShingle Light pollution and the concentration of anthropogenic photons in the terrestrial atmosphere
Bará Viñas, Salvador
Light pollution
Nocturnal environment
Radiometry
Photometry
Air pollution
21 Astronomía Astrofísica
title_short Light pollution and the concentration of anthropogenic photons in the terrestrial atmosphere
title_full Light pollution and the concentration of anthropogenic photons in the terrestrial atmosphere
title_fullStr Light pollution and the concentration of anthropogenic photons in the terrestrial atmosphere
title_full_unstemmed Light pollution and the concentration of anthropogenic photons in the terrestrial atmosphere
title_sort Light pollution and the concentration of anthropogenic photons in the terrestrial atmosphere
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Bará Viñas, Salvador
Bao Varela, María del Carmen
Falchi, Fabio
author Bará Viñas, Salvador
author_facet Bará Viñas, Salvador
Bao Varela, María del Carmen
Falchi, Fabio
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Falchi, Fabio
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Física Aplicada
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Light pollution
Nocturnal environment
Radiometry
Photometry
Air pollution
21 Astronomía Astrofísica
topic Light pollution
Nocturnal environment
Radiometry
Photometry
Air pollution
21 Astronomía Astrofísica
description Light pollution can be rigorously described in terms of the volume concentration of anthropogenic photons (light quanta) in the terrestrial atmosphere. This formulation, consistent with the basic physics of the emission, scattering and absorption of light, allows one to express light pollution levels in terms of particle volume concentrations, in a completely analogous way as it is currently done with other classical pollutants, like particulate matter or molecular contaminants. In this work we provide the explicit conversion equations between the photon volume concentration and the traditional light photometry quantities. This equivalent description of the light pollution levels provides some relevant insights that help to identify artificial light at night as a standard pollutant. It also enables a complementary way of expressing artificial light exposures for environmental and public health research and regulatory purposes.
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