The effect of clouds and surface albedo on UV irradiances at a high latitude site

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1411-1414

  Kylling, A ^a   Dahlback, A ^b   Mayer, B ^c,d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE; SPECTROMETERS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; SOLAR RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALBEDO; CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH; ERYTHEMAL RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; SNOW;

CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH; ERYTHEMAL RADIATION; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; MODEL SIMULATION; OZONE MAPPING SPECTROMETERS; SPECTRAL SURFACE ALBEDO; TOTAL OZONE COLUMN;

ALBEDO; IRRADIANCE;

EID: 0034352933     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL011015     Document Type: Article

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