A method for correction of cosine errors in measurements of spectral UV irradiance

Solar Energy

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 313-332

  Feister, Uwe ^a   Grewe, Rolf ^a   Gericke, Klaus ^a  

^a DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

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EID: 0030841260     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(97)00030-3     Document Type: Article

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