All-Weather Comparison between Spectral and Broadband (Robertson-Berger) UV Measurements

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 792-799

  Mayer, Bernhard ^a   Seckmeyer, Gunther ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 0030466223     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1996.tb01836.x     Document Type: Article

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