Articles & Papers

Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) Research Literature Database:

http://alandb.darksky.org/

By the HKU team:

Multiple angle observations would benefit visible band remote sensing using night lights

Author(s): Christopher C. M. Kyba, ..., Chun Shing Jason Pun, Chu Wing So, Shengjie Liu, et. al.
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (2022)
DOI: 10.1029/2021JD036382
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2021JD036382

Analyzing long-term artificial light at night using VIIRS monthly product with land use data: Preliminary result of Hong Kong

Author(s): Shengjie Liu, Chu Wing So, Chun Shing Jason Pun
Publication: 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9553915
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9553915

Night Sky Brightness Monitoring Network in Wuxi, China

Author(s): Hengtao Cui, Junru Shen, Yuxuan Huang, Xinrong Shen, Chu Wing So, Chun Shing Jason Pun
Publication: Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer (2021)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2020.107219
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022407319308970#

Light Pollution Monitoring at iObservatory and Astropark — Insights on Dark Sky Conservation in Hong Kong

Author(s): Chu Wing So, Wai Ming Robert Leung
Publication: Hong Kong Museum Journal (2019)
https://www.museums.gov.hk/documents/10347444/10348397/HKMuseumJournal_vol.2.pdf

Impacts of Lightings on the Surroundings: Measurements of Urban Skyglow

Author(s): Chun Shing Jason Pun, Chu Wing So
Publication: Conference paper of 2019 International Lighting Symposium

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

Author(s): Chun Shing Jason Pun, Chu Wing So, Wai Yan Leung, Chung Fai Wong
Publication: Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer (2013)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2013.12.014
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022407313004950
http://arxiv.org/abs/1401.1200

Night-sky brightness monitoring in Hong Kong - A city-wide light pollution assessment

Author(s): Chun Shing Jason Pun and Chu Wing So
Publication: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (2012)
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2136-1
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10661-011-2136-1

Observational studies of contributions of artificial and natural light factors to the night sky brightness measured through a monitoring network in Hong Kong

Author(s): So, Chu-wing
HKU PhD Thesis (2014)
http://hub.hku.hk/handle/10722/206449

Observational studies of the night sky in Hong Kong

Author(s): So, Chu-wing
HKU MPhil Thesis (2010)
http://hub.hku.hk/handle/10722/57602

Report for Environment and Conservation Fund: A Survey of Light Pollution in Hong Kong (Project ID: 2007-01)

Report for Environment and Conservation Fund: Hong Kong Night Sky Brightness Monitoring Network (Project ID: 2009-10)

Site Study:

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

Author(s): Chun Shing Jason Pun, Chu Wing So, Wai Yan Leung, Chung Fai Wong
Publication: Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer (2013)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2013.12.014
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022407313004950
http://arxiv.org/abs/1401.1200

Aerial survey and spatial analysis of sources of light pollution in Berlin, Germany

Author(s): H. U. Kuechly, C. C. M. Kyba, T. Ruhtz, C. Lindemann, C. Wolter, J. Fischer and F. Holker
Publication: Remote Sensing of Environment (2012)
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.08.008
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425712003203

Night-sky brightness monitoring in Hong Kong - A city-wide light pollution assessment

Author(s): Chun Shing Jason Pun and Chu Wing So
Publication: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (2012)
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2136-1
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10661-011-2136-1

Measuring and mapping the night sky brightness of Perth, Western Australia

Author(s): James D. Biggs, Tiffany Fouche Frank Bilki, Marjan G. Zadnik
Publication: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2012)
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20416.x
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20416.x

The Dancing Sky: 6 years of night sky observations at Cerro Paranal

Author(s): F. Patat
Publication: Astronomy & Astrophysics (2008)
Bibliographic Code: 2008arXiv0801.2270P
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008arXiv0801.2270P

UBVRI night sky brightness during sunspot maximum at ESO-Paranal

Author(s): F. Patat
Publication: Astronomy & Astrophysics (2003)
Bibliographic Code: 2003A&A...400.1183P
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003A&A...400.1183P

Visual Measurements and Spectral Survey of Night Sky Brightness in Venezuela and Italy

Author(s): Della Prugna, F.
Publication: Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement (1999)
Bibliographic Code: 1999A&AS..140..345D
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999A&AS..140..345D

Remote Sensing:

Remote sensing of night lights: A review and an outlook for the future

Author(s): Noam Levin et. al.
Publication: Remote Sensing of Environment (2020)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0034425719304626

The new world atlas of artificial night sky brightness

Author(s): Fabio Falchi et. al.
Publication: Science Advances (2016)
http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/6/e1600377

Modeling:

Physical behaviour of anthropogenic light propagation into the nocturnal environment

Author(s): Martin Aubé
Publication: Philosophical Transactions B (2015)
http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/370/1667/20140117

A Model of the Brightness of Moonlight

Author(s): Kevin Krisciunas & Bradley E. Schaefer
Publication: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Publications (1991)
Bibliographic Code: 1991PASP..103.1033K
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1991PASP..103.1033K

Dust and light pollution

Author(s): Garstang, R. H.
Publication: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Publications (1991)
Bibliographic Code: 1991PASP..103.1109G
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1991PASP..103.1109G

Night-sky Brightness at Observatories and Sites

Author(s): Garstang, R. H.
Publication: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Publications (1989)
Bibliographic Code: 1989PASP..101..306G
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1989PASP..101..306G

Photometry:

A Robust Algorithm for Sky Background Computation in CCD Images

Author(s): F. Patat
Publication: Astronomy & Astrophysics (2003)
Bibliographic Code: 2003A&A...401..797P
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003A&A...401..797P

UBVRI photometric standard stars around the celestial equator

Author(s): Landolt, A. U.
Publication: Astronomical Journal (1983)
Bibliographic Code: 1983AJ.....88..439L
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1983AJ.....88..439L

Photoelectric Photometry - an Approach to Data Reduction

Author(s): Harris, W. E.; Fitzgerald, M. P.; Reed, B. C.
Publication: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Publications (1981)
Bibliographic Code: 1981PASP...93..507H
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1981PASP...93..507H

Reviews:

Monitoring, trends and impacts of light pollution

Author(s): Hector Linares Arroyo, et. al.
Publication: Nature Reviews Earth & Environment (2024)
DOI: 10.1038/s43017-024-00555-9
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00555-9

Measuring and monitoring light pollution: Current approaches and challenges

Author(s): Miroslav Kocifaj, et. al.
Publication: Science (2023)
DOI: 10.1126/science.adg0473
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg0473

Night sky brightness measurement, quality assessment and monitoring

Author(s): John C. Barentine
Publication: Nature Astronomy (2022)
DOI: 10.1038/s41550-022-01756-2
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-022-01756-2

Artificial Light at Night: State of the Science 2022

Author(s): International Dark-Sky Association
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6903500
https://darksky.org/news/artificial-light-at-night-state-of-the-science-2022-report/

Light pollution: A review of the scientific literature

Author(s): Jesús Rodrigo-Comino, et. al.
Publication: The Anthropocene Review (2021)
DOI: 10.1177/20530196211051209
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/20530196211051209?journalCode=anra

Remote sensing of night lights: A review and an outlook for the future

Author(s): Noam Levin et. al.
Publication: Remote Sensing of Environment (2020)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0034425719304626

Others:

Declaration in Defence of the Night Sky and the Right to Starlight - La Palma Declaration (2007)

http://www.starlight2007.net/pdf/StarlightDeclarationEN.pdf

 

Impact of Outdoor Lighting on Man and Nature

Publication: The Hague: Health Council of the Netherlands.
Publication No. 2000/25E, 2000, 25E
https://www.healthcouncil.nl/documents/advisory-reports/2000/11/30/impact-of-outdoor-lighting-on-man-and-nature