Solar actinic flux spectroradiometry: A technique for measuring photolysis frequencies in the atmosphere

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 4443-4460

  Hofzumahaus, Andreas ^a   Kraus, Alexander ^a   Müller, Martin ^a,b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXTRAPOLATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHOTODISSOCIATION; PHOTOLYSIS; RADIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

SOLAR ACTINIC FLUX SPECTRORADIOMETRY; TROPOSPHERIC PHOTOLYSIS PROCESSES;

ULTRAVIOLET DETECTORS;

EID: 0032622025     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.004443     Document Type: Article

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