| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7845940 | Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer | 2018 | 23 Pages |
Abstract
The night sky spectra of light-polluted areas is the result of the artificial light scattered back from the atmosphere and the reemission of the light after reflections in painted surfaces. This emission comes mainly from street and decorative lamps. We have built an extensive database of lamps spectra covering from UV to near IR and the software needed to analyze them. We describe the LICA-AstroCalc free software that is a user friendly GUI tool to extract information from our database spectra or any other user provided spectrum. The software also includes the complete color database of paints from NCS comprising 1950 types. This helps to evaluate how different colors modify the reflected spectra from different lamps. All spectroscopic measurements have been validated with recommendations from CIELAB and ISO from NCS database.
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Authors
Carlos Eugenio Tapia Ayuga, Jaime Zamorano,