Attenuation of erythemal effective irradiance by cloudiness at low and high altitude in the alpine region

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-196

  Blumthaler, Mario ^a,c   Ambach, Walter ^a   Cede, Alexander ^a   Staehelin, Johannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Institute of Medical Physics   (Austria)

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EID: 0030019243     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1996.tb03013.x     Document Type: Article

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