Absolute spectral measurements of direct solar ultraviolet irradiance with a Brewer spectrophotometer

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 5199-5204

  Bais, Alkiviadis F ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Direct Sun spectra; Extraterrestrial spectrum; Solar ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

BREWER SPECTROPHOTOMETER; CALIBRATION; IRRADIANCE; SOLAR ULTRAVIOLET; SPECTROMETER;

EID: 0031419519     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.005199     Document Type: Article

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