德克萨斯州的天空亮度:国际黑暗天空地点和控制社区之间的比较研究
Amy Paredes Jackson1, Sharolyn J Anderson2, Nathan Currit3
1Starry Sky Project, Austin, TX, 78736, USA.
Journal of environmental management
|April 8, 2025
概括
在减少光污染方面,Dark Sky International的名称显示出不同的结果. 虽然地面测量表明天空变暗,但卫星数据显示大多数保护区的亮度趋势随着时间的推移而上升.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 天文学 天文学
- 遥感 遥感 遥感 遥感
背景情况:
- 黑暗天空国际的计划指定了致力于使用暗天友好照明以减轻光污染的地点.
- 很少有研究研究这些照明方法在减少社区光污染方面的长期有效性.
- 之前的研究使用卫星数据来比较指定和非指定区域之间的光辐射.
研究的目的:
- 评估与非指定对照社区相比,国际黑暗天空地点的长期天空亮度趋势.
- 为了评估户外照明实践对光污染减少随时间推移的影响.
- 分析德克萨斯州中部地区和大比格班德国际黑暗天空保护区的天空亮度趋势的地理影响.
主要方法:
- 使用可见红外成像放射仪套件日夜频段 (VIIRS DNB) 卫星数据从2012-2022年.
- 采用国家公园管理局全天空光污染比率 (ALR) 的天空亮度模型.
- 从2023-2024年进行地面天空亮度测量以验证.
主要成果:
- 69%的指定社区与对照组相比没有改善或增加了辐射上升趋势.
- 31%的指定社区在天空亮度方面没有整体变化或较小的上升趋势.
- 93%的所有研究地点显示天空亮度上升趋势;然而,90%的黑暗天空地点比基于地面数据的对照更加黑暗.
结论:
- 卫星数据显示,大多数指定区域的天空亮度总体上升趋势,挑战了仅仅照明实践的直接有效性.
- 地面测量表明有积极的影响,黑暗的天空地方比他们的同行更黑暗.
- 地理因素,包括靠近城市中心和珀米亚盆地石油和天然气地区,显著影响天空亮度趋势.
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