Changes in biologically active ultraviolet radiation reaching the Earth's surface

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-15

  McKenzie, Richard L ^a   Björn, Lars Olof ^b   Bais, Alkiviadis ^c   Ilyasd, Mohammad ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; CHLORINE; HALOGEN;

AEROSOL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; OZONE LAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATOSPHERE; TELECOMMUNICATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VOLCANO; ASTRONOMY; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SEASON; SPACE FLIGHT;

EARTH (PLANET); HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONS; SPACECRAFT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0037261340     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b211155c     Document Type: Article

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