Measured altitudinal profiles of uv-b irradiance in hawai'i

Physical Geography

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 335-345

  Nullet, Dennis ^a   Juvik, James O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRADIANCE; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

USA, HAWAII, HAWAII;

EID: 0031397447     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723646.1997.10642623     Document Type: Article

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