Keyword

skyglow

Description: The brightening of the night sky caused by artificial light scattered in the atmosphere, a form of light pollution.

Primary topic: Impact of Light on Environment and Health (76%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q3126193

OpenAlex ID: keywords/skyglow

REVIEW: Reducing the ecological consequences of night‐time light pollution: options and developments

2012 · Kevin J. Gaston, Thomas W. Davies, et al. · Journal of Applied Ecology · 524

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Cloud Coverage Acts as an Amplifier for Ecological Light Pollution in Urban Ecosystems

2011 · Christopher C. M. Kyba, Thomas Ruhtz, et al. · PLoS ONE · 333

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Impacts of Artificial Light at Night on Biological Timings

2017 · Kevin J. Gaston, Thomas W. Davies, et al. · Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics · 304

Global Trends in Exposure to Light Pollution in Natural Terrestrial Ecosystems

2015 · Jonathan Bennie, James Duffy, et al. · Remote Sensing · 208

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Modelling of light pollution in suburban areas using remotely sensed imagery and GIS

2005 · C. Chalkias, M. Petrakis, et al. · Journal of Environmental Management · 129

Quantifying urban light pollution — A comparison between field measurements and EROS-B imagery

2016 · Yali Katz, Noam Levin · Remote Sensing of Environment · 121

Physical behaviour of anthropogenic light propagation into the nocturnal environment

2015 · Martin Aubé · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 121

Contributions of artificial lighting sources on light pollution in Hong Kong measured through a night sky brightness monitoring network

2014 · Chun Shing Jason Pun, Chu Wing So, et al. · Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer · 118

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The impact of light source spectral power distribution on sky glow

2013 · Christian B. Luginbuhl, Paul A. Boley, et al. · Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer · 109

Light pollution and the impact of artificial night lighting on insects

2009 · Gerhard Eisenbeis, Andreas Hänel · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 101

Ecological Consequences of Artificial Night Lighting

2006 · Kathy Piselli · Electronic Green Journal · 99

Pervasiveness of Biological Impacts of Artificial Light at Night

2021 · Kevin J Gaston, Simone Ackermann, et al. · Integrative and Comparative Biology · 98

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Tracking the dynamics of skyglow with differential photometry using a digital camera with fisheye lens

2018 · Andreas Jechow, Salvador J. Ribas, et al. · Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer · 91

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Predicting discomfort glare from outdoor lighting installations

2008 · JD Bullough, JA Brons, et al. · Lighting Research & Technology · 91

Monitoring, trends and impacts of light pollution

2024 · Hector Linares Arroyo, Angela Abascal, et al. · Nature Reviews Earth & Environment · 90

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Citizen Science Provides Valuable Data for Monitoring Global Night Sky Luminance

2013 · Christopher C. M. Kyba, Janna M. Wagner, et al. · Scientific Reports · 89

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Sky Glows

1885 · ROBT. C. LESLIE · Nature · 85

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Artificial light at night alters behavior in laboratory and wild animals

2018 · Kathryn L.G. Russart, Randy J. Nelson · Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology · 80

Night sky photometry and spectroscopy performed at the Vienna University Observatory

2013 · Johannes Puschnig, Thomas Posch, et al. · Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer · 79

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From the Ground Up II: Sky Glow and Near-Ground Artificial Light Propagation in Flagstaff, Arizona

2009 · Christian B. Luginbuhl, Dan M. Duriscoe, et al. · Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific · 75

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From The Ground Up I: Light Pollution Sources in Flagstaff, Arizona

2009 · Christian B. Luginbuhl, G. Wesley Lockwood, et al. · Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific · 75

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Artificial light at night is a top predictor of bird migration stopover density

2023 · Kyle G. Horton, Jeffrey J. Buler, et al. · Nature Communications · 69

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Light pollution of freshwater ecosystems: principles, ecological impacts and remedies

2023 · Franz Hölker, Andreas Jechow, et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 68

Skyglow extends into the world's Key Biodiversity Areas

2019 · J. K. Garrett, P. F. Donald, et al. · Animal Conservation · 65

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The proliferation of space objects is a rapidly increasing source of artificial night sky brightness

2021 · M Kocifaj, F Kundracik, et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters · 64

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Works count: 533

Citation count: 6,121