Night Sky and Lightscape Monitoring in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (U.S. National Park Service)
Night Sky and Lightscape Monitoring in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (U.S. National Park Service).
The quality of the nighttime environment is relevant to various ecosystem functions. The National Park Service has developed a system for measuring sky brightness to quantify the source and severity of light pollution.
- Type
- Web Site
- Date of Issue
- 2026-09-30
- Units
- SFAN
- Keywords
- astronomy, lightscape, monitoring, night skies, Resource Brief, San Francisco Bay Area, SFAN, stars, west coast
- License
- Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal