Effect of remote clouds on surface UV irradiance

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 679-686

  Degunther M ^a   Meerkotter R ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (transmission and scattering of radiation); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (radiative process)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034371978     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00585-000-0679-5     Document Type: Article

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