Variability of UV-B at four stations in Europe

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1363-1366

  Zerefos, C S ^a   Balls, D S ^a   Bais, A F ^a   Gillotay, D ^b   Simon, P C ^b   Mayer, B ^c   Seckmeyer, G ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE; METEOROLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CONTROLLING FACTORS; LONG TERM CHANGE; LONG-TERM VARIABILITY; OPERATING WELL; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SPECTRAL REGION; SPECTRO-RADIOMETERS; THESSALONIKI;

SOLAR RADIATION;

SOLAR IRRADIANCE VARIABILITY;

RADIATION; SOLAR IRRADIANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 0031158643     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01177     Document Type: Article

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