Means and trends of shortwave irradiance at the surface estimated from global energy balance archive data

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2042-2061

  Gilgen, H ^a   Wild, M ^a   Ohmura, A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Surface flux; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

SURFACE FLUX; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0032469648     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442-11.8.2042     Document Type: Article

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