Measurements of biologically effective UV doses, total ozone abundances, and cloud effects with multichannel, moderate bandwidth filter instruments

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 33, 1996, Pages 6514-6521

  Dahlback, Arne ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cloud transmission; Ozone; Radiometer; UV doses; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC INSTRUMENT; BANDWIDTH FILTER INSTRUMENT; CLOUD TRANSMISSION; IRRADIANCE; OZONE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0030318876     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.006514     Document Type: Article

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