Increase in solar UV radiation with altitude

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 130-134

  Blumthaler, M ^a   Ambach, W ^a   Ellinger, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Altitude effect; Solar UV radiation

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; ERYTHEMA; GERMANY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROMETRY; SWITZERLAND; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0031171767     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1011-1344(96)00018-8     Document Type: Article

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