Spatial correlations of daily and weekly maximum day exposure of solar UV radiation in the continental united states

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4896, Issue , 2002, Pages 52-61

  Grant, Richard ^a   Slusser, J R ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Spatial statistics; UV exposure interpolation

Indexed keywords

INTERPOLATION; IRRADIATION; RADIOMETERS; SOLAR RADIATION;

SOLAR ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIANCE;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0141718387     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.466118     Document Type: Conference Paper

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