Sky brightness (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Sky brightness" in English language version.

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arizona.edu (Global: 1,592^nd place; English: 1,119^th place)

environment.arizona.edu

"Night skies are getting 9.6% brighter every year as light pollution erases stars for everyone". The University of Arizona. February 23, 2023. Retrieved 2025-12-17.

arxiv.org (Global: 69^th place; English: 59^th place)

Noll, Stefan; Schmidt, Carsten; Hannawald, Patrick; Kausch, Wolfgang; Kimeswenger, Stefan (2025). "PALACE v1.0: Paranal Airglow Line And Continuum Emission model". Geoscientific Model Development. 18 (14): 4353–4398. arXiv:2504.10683. Bibcode:2025GMD....18.4353N. doi:10.5194/gmd-18-4353-2025.
Nailwal, Dayakrishna; Krishna, M. V. Sunil; Ranjan, Alok Kumar; Pallamraju, D. (April 2025). "Predictive modeling of altitude resolved greenline airglow emission (557.7 nm) in the MLT region". arXiv:2504.02262 [physics.space-ph].
Brandt, Timothy D.; Draine, B. T. (January 2012). "The Spectrum of the Diffuse Galactic Light: The Milky Way in Scattered Light". The Astrophysical Journal. 744 (2). id. 129. arXiv:1109.4175. Bibcode:2012ApJ...744..129B. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/744/2/129.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Kragh, Helge (2021). Between The Earth And The Heavens: Historical Studies In The Physical Sciences. History Of Modern Physical Sciences. Vol. 5. World Scientific. pp. 126–132. ISBN 978-1-78634-986-6.
Sobel, Michael I. (1989). Light. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-76751-2.
Edberg, Stephen J.; Levy, David H. (6 October 1994). Observing Comets, Asteroids, Meteors, and the Zodiacal Light. Cambridge University Press. p. 151. ISBN 9780521420037. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Egeland, Alv; Burke, William J. (June 2019). "Auroral hydrogen emissions: a historic survey". History of Geo- and Space Sciences. 10 (1): 201–213. Bibcode:2019HGSS...10..201E. doi:10.5194/hgss-10-201-2019.
Solomon, Stanley C. (July 2017). "Global modeling of thermospheric airglow in the far ultraviolet". Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 122 (7): 7834–7848. Bibcode:2017JGRA..122.7834S. doi:10.1002/2017JA024314.
Noll, Stefan; Schmidt, Carsten; Hannawald, Patrick; Kausch, Wolfgang; Kimeswenger, Stefan (2025). "PALACE v1.0: Paranal Airglow Line And Continuum Emission model". Geoscientific Model Development. 18 (14): 4353–4398. arXiv:2504.10683. Bibcode:2025GMD....18.4353N. doi:10.5194/gmd-18-4353-2025.
Zhou, Qihou; Mathews, John D. (September 1995). "Generation of sporadic sodium layers via turbulent heating of the atmosphere?". Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 57 (11): 1309–1315, 1317–1319. Bibcode:1995JATP...57.1309Z. doi:10.1016/0021-9169(95)97298-I.
Marsh, Daniel R.; Janches, Diego; Feng, Wuhu; Plane, John M. C. (October 2013). "A global model of meteoric sodium". Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 118 (19): 11, 442–11, 452. Bibcode:2013JGRD..11811442M. doi:10.1002/jgrd.50870.
Junge, C. E.; Oldenberg, O.; Wasson, J. T. (March 1962). "On the Origin of the Sodium Present in the Upper Atmosphere". Journal of Geophysical Research. 67 (3): 1027–1039. Bibcode:1962JGR....67.1027J. doi:10.1029/JZ067i003p01027.
Mane, Pratibha B. (June 2022). "Exploring Altitudinal Resolution of Twilight Airglow Red Lines Using Twilight Photometer". Earth and Space Science. 9 (6) e2021EA001872. id. e01872. Bibcode:2022E&SS....901872M. doi:10.1029/2021EA001872.
Mayerhöfer, Thomas G.; Pahlow, Susanne; Popp, Jürgen (August 26, 2020). "The Bouguer‐Beer‐Lambert Law: Shining Light on the Obscure". ChemPhysChem. 21 (18): 2029–2046. doi:10.1002/cphc.202000464. PMC 7540309. PMID 32662939.
Brandt, Timothy D.; Draine, B. T. (January 2012). "The Spectrum of the Diffuse Galactic Light: The Milky Way in Scattered Light". The Astrophysical Journal. 744 (2). id. 129. arXiv:1109.4175. Bibcode:2012ApJ...744..129B. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/744/2/129.

eso.org (Global: 3,034^th place; English: 2,650^th place)

F. Patat. "The Brightness of the Night Sky". ESO. Retrieved 2015-11-27.

harvard.edu (Global: 18^th place; English: 17^th place)

ui.adsabs.harvard.edu

Egeland, Alv; Burke, William J. (June 2019). "Auroral hydrogen emissions: a historic survey". History of Geo- and Space Sciences. 10 (1): 201–213. Bibcode:2019HGSS...10..201E. doi:10.5194/hgss-10-201-2019.
Tohmatsu, T.; Nagata, T. (1964). Bates, David Robert (ed.). Dynamical studies of the oxygen green line in the airglow. Theoretical Interpretation of Upper Atmosphere Emission, Proceedings of the 18th IAU Symposium. International Astronomical Union. p. 103. Bibcode:1964IAUS...18..103T.
Solomon, Stanley C. (July 2017). "Global modeling of thermospheric airglow in the far ultraviolet". Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 122 (7): 7834–7848. Bibcode:2017JGRA..122.7834S. doi:10.1002/2017JA024314.
Noll, Stefan; Schmidt, Carsten; Hannawald, Patrick; Kausch, Wolfgang; Kimeswenger, Stefan (2025). "PALACE v1.0: Paranal Airglow Line And Continuum Emission model". Geoscientific Model Development. 18 (14): 4353–4398. arXiv:2504.10683. Bibcode:2025GMD....18.4353N. doi:10.5194/gmd-18-4353-2025.
Zhou, Qihou; Mathews, John D. (September 1995). "Generation of sporadic sodium layers via turbulent heating of the atmosphere?". Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 57 (11): 1309–1315, 1317–1319. Bibcode:1995JATP...57.1309Z. doi:10.1016/0021-9169(95)97298-I.
Marsh, Daniel R.; Janches, Diego; Feng, Wuhu; Plane, John M. C. (October 2013). "A global model of meteoric sodium". Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 118 (19): 11, 442–11, 452. Bibcode:2013JGRD..11811442M. doi:10.1002/jgrd.50870.
Junge, C. E.; Oldenberg, O.; Wasson, J. T. (March 1962). "On the Origin of the Sodium Present in the Upper Atmosphere". Journal of Geophysical Research. 67 (3): 1027–1039. Bibcode:1962JGR....67.1027J. doi:10.1029/JZ067i003p01027.
Mane, Pratibha B. (June 2022). "Exploring Altitudinal Resolution of Twilight Airglow Red Lines Using Twilight Photometer". Earth and Space Science. 9 (6) e2021EA001872. id. e01872. Bibcode:2022E&SS....901872M. doi:10.1029/2021EA001872.
Brandt, Timothy D.; Draine, B. T. (January 2012). "The Spectrum of the Diffuse Galactic Light: The Milky Way in Scattered Light". The Astrophysical Journal. 744 (2). id. 129. arXiv:1109.4175. Bibcode:2012ApJ...744..129B. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/744/2/129.
Burns, G. J. (March 1910). "The total amount of starlight and the brightness of the sky". The Observatory. 33: 123–129. Bibcode:1910Obs....33..123B.
Yntema, L. (1909). "On the Brightness of the Sky and Total Amount of Starlight". Publications of the Kapteyn Astronomical Laboratory Groningen. 22: 1–55. Bibcode:1909PGro...22....1Y.

nasa.gov (Global: 75^th place; English: 83^rd place)

Mersmann, Katy (October 22, 2018). "Why NASA Watches Airglow, the Colors of the (Upper Atmospheric) Wind". NASA. Retrieved 2025-12-15.

nih.gov (Global: 4^th place; English: 4^th place)

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Mayerhöfer, Thomas G.; Pahlow, Susanne; Popp, Jürgen (August 26, 2020). "The Bouguer‐Beer‐Lambert Law: Shining Light on the Obscure". ChemPhysChem. 21 (18): 2029–2046. doi:10.1002/cphc.202000464. PMC 7540309. PMID 32662939.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Mayerhöfer, Thomas G.; Pahlow, Susanne; Popp, Jürgen (August 26, 2020). "The Bouguer‐Beer‐Lambert Law: Shining Light on the Obscure". ChemPhysChem. 21 (18): 2029–2046. doi:10.1002/cphc.202000464. PMC 7540309. PMID 32662939.

oxfordreference.com (Global: 938^th place; English: 658^th place)

"nightglow". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2025-12-15.

smithsonianmag.com (Global: 503^rd place; English: 364^th place)

Lewis, Danny (April 19, 2016). "Watch Earth's Atmosphere Brilliantly Light Up From Space". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2025-12-12.

theguardian.com (Global: 12^th place; English: 11^th place)

Davis, Nicola (June 10, 2016). "Milky Way no longer visible to one third of humanity, light pollution atlas shows". the Guardian. Retrieved 2016-07-11.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

Edberg, Stephen J.; Levy, David H. (6 October 1994). Observing Comets, Asteroids, Meteors, and the Zodiacal Light. Cambridge University Press. p. 151. ISBN 9780521420037. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.

Sky brightness (English Wikipedia)

arizona.edu (Global: 1,592nd place; English: 1,119th place)

environment.arizona.edu

arxiv.org (Global: 69th place; English: 59th place)

books.google.com (Global: 3rd place; English: 3rd place)

doi.org (Global: 2nd place; English: 2nd place)

eso.org (Global: 3,034th place; English: 2,650th place)

harvard.edu (Global: 18th place; English: 17th place)