Analysis of the continual illuminaton measurement in the area of VSB-Technical University in Ostrava

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Result on the web

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Analysis of the continual illuminaton measurement in the area of VSB-Technical University in Ostrava

Original language description

We present the results of a deep statistical analysis of the continual measurement of the mean illumination at night in the area of VSB-Technical University in Ostrava. The illumination during 509 nights between the years 2006 to 2009 was studied in detail in relation to the characteristics of a particular night. Using a sophisticated linear model applied to the logarithm of the mean night illumination, we determined the dependence of the night illumination on cloudiness, moon phases, and seasons as well as on snow cover. The model is able to predict the night illumination with quasi-random uncertainty of 0.21 dex. This uncertainty can be caused by hardly quantifiable events like rainfall, snowfall, fog or clouds with different albedo. It can also be aconsequence of various human activities that may influence the illumination of sky at night.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

DG - Atmospheric sciences, meteorology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2012

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

GeoScience Engineering

ISSN

1802-5420

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Volume of the periodical

58

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

28-34

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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