干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Preliminary site selection for an observatory in the Egyptian Eastern Desert

Arid

DOI	10.1007/s10509-019-3652-7
	Preliminary site selection for an observatory in the Egyptian Eastern Desert
	Aboushelib, Mohamed F.; Abozaid, Ahmed A.; Nawar, S.; Hendy, Y. H. M.; Morcos, A. B.
通讯作者	Aboushelib, Mohamed F.
来源期刊	ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE
ISSN	0004-640X
EISSN	1572-946X
出版年	2019
卷号	364 期号:10
英文摘要	This work aims for choosing preliminary sites that can be candidates for a new astronomical observatory that will replace the Kottamia observatory. The candidate sites have been selected to be investigated after proposing a few criteria. Concerning light pollution and elevation of the sites as the main factors, we chose the candidate sites depending on the zenith sky brightness and the elevation. The night sky brightness has been measured using a Sky Quality Meter at different altitude degrees and the values of the zenith sky brightness were compared to those of different observatory sites. Our night sky brightness observations were found to be in agreement with the satellite's data and comparable to those of dark sites, with average values of 22.07, 22.03, 21.57 and 21.58 mag(SQM)/arcsec(2). We also have obtained the Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) and extinction coefficient due to the aerosol for the candidate sites using satellite data (Terra/MODIS).
英文关键词	Light pollution Site testing
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Egypt
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000488390700001
WOS关键词	NIGHT-SKY BRIGHTNESS ; LIGHT POLLUTION
WOS类目	Astronomy & Astrophysics
WOS研究方向	Astronomy & Astrophysics
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/214437
作者单位	Natl Res Inst Astron & Geophys, Cairo, Egypt
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Aboushelib, Mohamed F.,Abozaid, Ahmed A.,Nawar, S.,et al. Preliminary site selection for an observatory in the Egyptian Eastern Desert[J],2019,364(10).
APA	Aboushelib, Mohamed F.,Abozaid, Ahmed A.,Nawar, S.,Hendy, Y. H. M.,&Morcos, A. B..(2019).Preliminary site selection for an observatory in the Egyptian Eastern Desert.ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE,364(10).
MLA	Aboushelib, Mohamed F.,et al."Preliminary site selection for an observatory in the Egyptian Eastern Desert".ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE 364.10(2019).