Albedo influences on surface UV irradiance at the Sonnblick high-mountain observatory (3106-m altitude)

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1599-1610

  Weihs, Philipp ^a   Simic, Stana ^a   Laube, Wolfgang ^a   Mikielewicz, Wieslaw ^a   Rengarajan, Govindaraj ^a   Mandl, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Austrian Weather Office   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; IRRADIANCE; OZONE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 0033399768     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<1599:AIOSUI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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