SUSIM's 11-year observational record of the solar UV irradiance

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2111-2120

  Floyd, L E ^a   Cook, J W ^b   Herring, L C ^a   Crane, P C ^b  

^a INTERFEROMETRICS INC   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

SOLAR CYCLE;

SPACE RESEARCH;

REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR RADIATION; UARS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0043011019     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00148-0     Document Type: Article

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