Quasi-biennial and longer-term changes in clear sky UV-B solar irradiance

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 4345-4348

  Zerefos, C ^a   Meleti, C ^a   Balis, D ^a   Tourpali, K ^a   Bais, A F ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OZONE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BIORHYTHM; BREWER MEASUREMENT; QUASI BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SOLAR IRRADIANCE; LONG TERM CHANGE; MEASUREMENTS OF; MODEL CALCULATIONS; OZONE CHANGES; PEAK TO PEAK AMPLITUDES; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; THESSALONIKI , GREECE;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

CLEAR SKY; IRRADIANCE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

GREECE; THESSALONIKI;

EID: 0033489817     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900160     Document Type: Article

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