Measuring spectral and spatial variations of UVA and UVB sky radiance

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 547-550

  Blumthaler, M ^a,b   Grobner J ^a,b   Huber, M ^a,b   Ambach, W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Inst für Medizinische Physik   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

AEROSOL PARTICLES; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; RADIANCE MEASUREMENT; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CALCULATIONS; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STRONG DEPENDENCES; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PARTICLE PROPERTIES; DOUBLE MONOCHROMATOR; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; SPECTRAL SKY RADIANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0029729397     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00248     Document Type: Article

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