The operational Australian ultraviolet index forecast 1997

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 241-251

  Lemus Deschamps, Lilia ^a   Rikus, Lawrie ^a   Gies, Peter ^b  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AGENCY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BUREAU OF METEOROLOGIES; COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES; METEOROLOGICAL FIELDS; NUMERICAL WEATHER FORECASTS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; RADIATION LABORATORY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0005624099     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482799001188     Document Type: Article

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