Solar ultraviolet-B radiation in urban environments: Baltimore, Maryland

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4896, Issue , 2002, Pages 62-69

  Heisler, Gordon M ^a   Grant, Richard H ^b   Gao, Wei ^c   Slusser, James R ^c   Ehrlich, Corinne ^d,e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Air pollution; Total column ozone; Tropospheric ozone; UVB sensor calibration

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CALIBRATION; ECOSYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE; SENSORS; SOLAR RADIATION;

URBAN ECOSYSTEMS;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0141495015     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.466229     Document Type: Conference Paper

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