4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313234393133 English Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en 2024-05-30T09:11:22.536Z NRW 1.0 wel Latitude and Longitude (EPSG::4326) Tranquillity and Place: Dark Skies Tranquillity and Place: Dark Skies Night Lights (Nanowatts/cm2/sr) Dark Skies and Light Pollution 2019-2021 2023-11-21 NRW_DS124913 Dark skies can affect our experience of nature, landscapes and greenspaces and can benefit our health and wellbeing and local wildlife. The Dark Sky and Light Pollution Dataset for Wales has been created to identify the strategic and local resource in remote, rural, peri-urban and urban areas for use as an evidence base to inform policy intent, practice and provision for benefits to benefits to wellbeing. The dataset is based upon satellite imagery taken at 1:30 A.M by the in 2019 by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Suomi National Polar-orbiting satellite with the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) capturing visible and infrared imagery used in this dataset and later processed in 2021. A set of maps have been created to display the dark skies data against the following geographical boundaries. Local Authority areas Future Wales boundaries Designated landscapes (AONBs and National Parks) NRW Operational Areas National Landscape Character Areas LANDMAP Visual & Sensory aspect areas Dark skies can affect our experience of nature, landscapes and greenspaces and can benefit our health and wellbeing and local wildlife. The Dark Sky and Light Pollution Dataset for Wales has been created to identify the strategic and local resource in remote, rural, peri-urban and urban areas for use as an evidence base to inform policy intent, practice and provision for benefits to benefits to wellbeing. The dataset is based upon satellite imagery taken at 1:30 A.M by the in 2019 by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Suomi National Polar-orbiting satellite with the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) capturing visible and infrared imagery used in this dataset and later processed in 2021. A set of maps have been created to display the dark skies data against the following geographical boundaries. Local Authority areas Future Wales boundaries Designated landscapes (AONBs and National Parks) NRW Operational Areas National Landscape Character Areas LANDMAP Visual & Sensory aspect areas Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Land Use Consultants 43 Chalton Street, London, NW1 1JD luc@landuse.co.uk http://www.landuse.co.uk/ Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en pollution (see also specific types of pollution eg. oil pollution) NRW Thesaurus NRW Thesaurus 2023-12-31 geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-keywords light pollution Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary 2013-04-03 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.subjects There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely. no limitations © CNC/NRW All rights Reserved. © Earth Observation Group, Payne Institute for Public Policy. Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and copyright of the owners. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose. Open Government Licence (OGL) Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Contains Earth Observation Group information © Earth Observation Group, Payne Institute for Public Policy. English environment SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2021-01-06 Wales (WLS) -5.777741 -2.608865 51.240829 53.513067 2019-12-01 2019-12-31 Green C, Manson D, Chamberlain K 2021. Tranquillity and Place – Dark Skies. NRW Report No: 514, 70pp Tranquillity and Place – Dark Skies Geographic Information System ESRI Feature Class Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 false Data was captured by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Suomi National Polar-orbiting satellite with the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) capturing visible and infrared imagery used in this dataset. Data was captured by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Suomi National Polar-orbiting satellite with the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) capturing visible and infrared imagery used in this dataset.