Obscured overcast sky radiance distributions for ultraviolet and photosynthetically active radiation

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1336-1345

  Grant, Richard H ^a   Heisler, Gordon M ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTONS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

PHOTON FLUX DENSITY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SKY RADIANCE MEASUREMENT; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE;

SOLAR RADIATION;

PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; RADIANCE;

EID: 0031251723     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<1336:OOSRDF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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