Empirical approach to converting spectral UV measurements to actinic flux data

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4482, Issue , 2002, Pages 104-114

  Webb, Ann R ^a   Kift, R ^a   Thiel, S ^b   Bais, A ^c   Blumthaler, M ^d   Kylling, A ^e   Gobbi, G ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^f Meteorologie Consult GmbH   (Germany)

^g CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Ancillary data; Empirical conversion; Measurement campaigns; Photolysis rates; UV actinic flux; UV irradiance

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MOLECULES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOLYSIS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SPECTROMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ULTRAVIOLET ACTINIC FLUX; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIANCE;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0036398290     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.452909     Document Type: Article

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