Estimating solar ultraviolet irradiance (290-385 nm) by means of the spectral parametric models: SPCTRAL2 and SMARTS2

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1382-1389

  Foyo Moreno, I ^a   Vida, J ^a   Olmo, F J ^a   Alados Arboledas, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (transmission and scattering of radiation); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (radiative process)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012271822     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005850000287     Document Type: Article

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