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Light Pollution

Light Pollution is the alteration of natural light levels in the environment due to the excessive, misdirected, or intrusive artificial light produced by human activities, particularly in urban and developed areas.

1.3K

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70K

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2017–2026

661

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Photopollution

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The new world atlas of artificial night sky brightness

Fabio Falchi, P. Cinzano, Dan M. Duriscoe et al. · Science Advances · 2016 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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Useful daylight illuminances: A replacement for daylight factors

Azza Nabil, John Mardaljevic · Energy and Buildings · 2006 · 835 citations

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Synthetic TiO2 nanoparticle emission from exterior facades into the aquatic environment

Rälf Kaegi, A. Ulrich, Brian Sinnet et al. · Environmental Pollution · 2008 · 781 citations

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Extracting the dynamics of urban expansion in China using DMSP-OLS nighttime light data from 1992 to 2008

Zhifeng Liu, Chunyang He, Qiaofeng Zhang et al. · Landscape and Urban Planning · 2012 · 721 citations

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Evaluating the Ability of NPP-VIIRS Nighttime Light Data to Estimate the Gross Domestic Product and the Electric Power Consumption of China at Multiple Scales: A Comparison with DMSP-OLS Data

Kaifang Shi, Bailang Yu, Yingjie Hu et al. · Remote Sensing · 2014 · 635 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. FH
    Franz Hölker

    Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Germany

    25 publications · 3.1K citations

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  2. CC
    Christopher C. M. Kyba

    GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany

    21 publications · 3.7K citations

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  3. KJ
    Kevin J. Gaston

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    18 publications · 2.8K citations

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  4. TW
    Thomas W. Davies

    University of Exeter, United Kingdom

    18 publications · 3K citations

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  5. MK
    Miroslav Kocifaj

    Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia

    19 publications · 806 citations

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Institutions

1.6K

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    37 h-index

    339 publications

    20.3K citations

  2. Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries

    Berlin, Germany

    34 h-index

    88 publications

    12.8K citations

  3. University of Exeter

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    25 h-index

    97 publications

    13.7K citations

  4. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    24 h-index

    111 publications

    5.7K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    24 h-index

    112 publications

    6K citations

  6. GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences

    Potsdam, Germany

    21 h-index

    32 publications

    4.2K citations

  7. Freie Universität Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

    19 h-index

    44 publications

    6K citations

  8. Slovak Academy of Sciences

    Bratislava, Slovakia

    18 h-index

    32 publications

    1.1K citations

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  1. The Science of The Total Environment

    38 publications · 1.7K citations

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  2. Remote Sensing

    30 publications · 2.5K citations

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  3. Scientific Reports

    29 publications · 2.5K citations

    24

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  4. Atmospheric Environment

    26 publications · 1.8K citations

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  5. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    22 publications · 1.7K citations

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