Measurements of the diffuse UV sky radiance during broken cloud conditions

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 105, Issue D4, 2000, Pages 4937-4944

  Weihs, Philipp ^a   Webb, Ann R ^b   Hutchinson, Samantha J ^c   Middleton, Glenn W ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; DIFFUSION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0033792945     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900260     Document Type: Article

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