GROUND BASED NETWORK
THE DARKNESS OF THE WADDEN
The transnational project “The Darkness of the Wadden” engages partners from the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark in the topic of light pollution in the maritime biomes of the North Sea coast. Around 70 SQM spots measure the brightness of the nights sky, collecting publicly available data of the whole area.
TYPE OF INSTRUMENT
Sky-Quality Meter
N° OF STATIONS
70 (5 in Germany)
LOCATION
Denmark, Germany and Netherlands
COORDINATES
See the map
MEASUREMENT POINT
Coast of the North Sea, Wadden Sea, rural lowlands, urban areas
STATUS
Operational
DATA AVAILABILITY
Yes, freely available
TIME RANGE
Since 2020
FREQUENCY OF MEASUREMENT
Every minute
DATA PUBLISHING FREQUENCY
Daily
DATA PUBLISHING DELAY
None
OWNER
Various
(Universities, National Parks, Observatories,…)
MORE INFORMATION
CALIBRATED DATA
Yes
MEASUREMENT UNIT
mag/arcsec²
WAVELENGTH RANGE
350 – 700 nm
FIELD-OF-VIEW
± 20 deg
POINTING DIRECTION
Not specified
DATA VISUALISATION
Yes
DATA DOWNLOAD
Yes
DATA FORMAT
DAT
DATA POLICY
Not specified
CONTACTS
WAS HET DONKER
FURTHER REFERENCES
– The Darkness of the Wadden Project Homepage
– Overview of the project by the Dutch national park
– Overview of sky observing instrument at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
– Overview of the project by the German national park Wattenmee
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