Design and implementation of an illumination system to mimic skyglow at ecosystem level in a large-scale lake enclosure facility.
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 12 2021
06 12 2021
Historique:
received:
11
08
2021
accepted:
17
11
2021
entrez:
7
12
2021
pubmed:
8
12
2021
medline:
8
12
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Light pollution is an environmental stressor of global extent that is growing exponentially in area and intensity. Artificial skyglow, a form of light pollution with large range, is hypothesized to have environmental impact at ecosystem level. However, testing the impact of skyglow at large scales and in a controlled fashion under in situ conditions has remained elusive so far. Here we present the first experimental setup to mimic skyglow at ecosystem level outdoors in an aquatic environment. Spatially diffuse and homogeneous surface illumination that is adjustable between 0.01 and 10 lx, resembling rural to urban skyglow levels, was achieved with white light-emitting diodes at a large-scale lake enclosure facility. The illumination system was enabled by optical modeling with Monte-Carlo raytracing and validated by measurements. Our method can be adapted to other outdoor and indoor skyglow experiments, urgently needed to understand the impact of skyglow on ecosystems.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34873189
doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-02772-4
pii: 10.1038/s41598-021-02772-4
pmc: PMC8648721
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
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© 2021. The Author(s).
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