Tranquillity and Place: Dark Skies

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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

Identification

Dynodydd
Identifier
NRW_DS124913
Teitl Amgen
Alternative Title
  • Night Lights (Nanowatts/cm2/sr)
  • Dark Skies and Light Pollution 2019-2021
Laith Metadata
Metadata Language
English
Lineage

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.
Additional Information

Green C, Manson D, Chamberlain K 2021. Tranquillity and Place – Dark Skies. NRW Report No: 514, 70pp
Dyddiad cyfeirnod y set ddata (Cyhoeddiad)
Dataset Reference Date (Publication)
2023-11-21
Perchennog
Owner
  Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales
http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en
Cychwynnwr
Originator
  Land Use Consultants
43 Chalton Street, London, NW1 1JD
http://www.landuse.co.uk/
 

Extent

Extent

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Geographic Extent
Wales (WLS)
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W
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Map representing the geographic extent of the dataset


 
 

Distribution

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    ESRI Feature Class

 

Quality

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Data quality

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Quality Scope
Dataset
Dataset
Cydymffurfiad
Conformity
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
Explanation
Degree
false
Lineage

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.
 

Keywords

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Keywords

NRW Thesaurus
  • pollution (see also specific types of pollution eg. oil pollution)
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Theme
Theme

Dyfyniad
Citation

Dyddiad (Cyhoeddiad)
Date (Publication)
2023-12-31
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Keywords

Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary
  • light pollution
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Theme
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Citation

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Date (Revision)
2013-04-03
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Latitude and Longitude (EPSG::4326)
 

Content

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Content Information

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NRW Profile

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NRW Related Title

Tranquillity and Place – Dark Skies
 

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Limitations on Public Access and Use

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no limitations
 

Access Constraints Text

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There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.
 

Use Constraints

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© 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.
 

Attribution Statement

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Open Government Licence (OGL)
 

Licence

Other constraints
Open Government Licence (OGL)
 
 
 

Metadata

Metadata

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File Identifier
4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313234393133 XML
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Metadata Language
English
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Resource type
Dataset
Dataset
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Metadata Date
2024-05-30T09:11:22.536Z
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Metadata Standard Name
NRW
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Metadata Standard Version

1.0

Pwynt Cyswllt
pointOfContact
  Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales
http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en
 
 

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