Comparison of Green and Lowtran radiation schemes with a discrete ordinate method UV model

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 642-648

  Weihs, P ^a,b   Webb, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

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EID: 0030442701     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1996.tb03118.x     Document Type: Article

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