Table 2.
Time frames of average LAN exposure | VIIRS-DNB | ISS photoa |
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Average bedroom exposure during the darkest period of the night ()b | 0.02 | |
Average exposure in the time children were reported to be in bedc | 0.03 | |
Average exposure during the time period of civil twilightd | ||
Average exposure between start of civil twilight and bedtime ()e | ||
Average exposure in the hour before children went to bed | 0.04 | 0.007 |
Note: ISS, International Space Station; LAN, light at night; VIIRS-DNB, Visible and Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite Day/Night band.
ISS photo: composite photo from pictures taken from the ISS.
Between 0012 and 0310 hours, corresponding to the start and end times of astronomical twilight (geometric center of the sun is 18° below the horizon) during the shortest night of the year, the lower n is based on six children for whom only measurements during the full moon were available.
Bedtime: self-reported information from diaries.
Civil twilight corresponds to the time period when the geometric center of the sun is 6° below the horizon.
The lower n is based on several children for whom bedtime preceded timing of civil twilight.