A satellite-based climatology of UV-B irradiance for antarctic coastal regions

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1029-1054

  Nunez, Manuel ^a   Michael, Kelvin ^a   Turner, Darren ^a   Wall, Michael ^a   Nilsson, Carl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Cloud; Neural network; NOAA AVHRR; Ozone; Radiation model; Satellite; Sea ice; Ultraviolet radiation; UV B irradiance

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; IRRADIANCE; NEURAL NETWORK; OZONE; SATELLITE SENSING; SEA ICE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UV-B;

EID: 0031419188     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0088(199708)17:10<1029::aid-joc168>3.0.co;2-9     Document Type: Article

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