The USDA Ultraviolet Radiation Monitoring Program

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 601-615

  Bigelow, David S ^a   Slusser, J R ^a   Beaubien, A F ^b   Gibson, J H ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b Yankee Environmental Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMIDITY; IRRADIANCE; RADIATION; RADIOMETER; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0031667953     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079<0601:TUURMP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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