论文标题
光污染和陆地大气中人为光子的浓度
Light pollution and the concentration of anthropogenic photons in the terrestrial atmosphere
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论文摘要
可以用陆地气氛中人为光子（轻量子）的体积浓度来严格描述光污染。这种配方与发射的基本物理，光的散射和吸收相一致，使人们可以以颗粒体积浓度来表达光污染水平，就像目前使用其他经典污染物（如颗粒物或分子污染物）一样，以完全相似的方式表达光污染水平。在这项工作中，我们提供了光子体积浓度与传统光光度法之间的明确转换方程。对光污染水平的同等描述提供了一些相关的见解，有助于在夜间识别人造光作为标准污染物。它还可以一种互补的方式表达人造光暴露于环境和公共卫生研究和监管目的。
Light pollution can be rigorously described in terms of the volume concentration of anthropogenic photons (light quanta) in the terrestrial atmosphere. This formulation, consistent with the basic physics of the emission, scattering and absorption of light, allows one to express light pollution levels in terms of particle volume concentrations, in a completely analogous way as it is currently done with other classical pollutants, like particulate matter or molecular contaminants. In this work we provide the explicit conversion equations between the photon volume concentration and the traditional light photometry quantities. This equivalent description of the light pollution levels provides some relevant insights that help to identify artificial light at night as a standard pollutant. It also enables a complementary way of expressing artificial light exposures for environmental and public health research and regulatory purposes.
