The incidence of erythemal and UV solar irradiance over Buenos Aires, Argentina

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Micheletti, M I ^a,b   Wolfram, E ^c   Piacentinil, R D ^a,b   Pazmino, A ^c,d   Quel, E ^c   Orce, V ^e   Paladini, A A ^e  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^c Instituto de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas de Las Fuerzas Armadas   (Argentina)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Absorption and scattering of radiation; Air quality and air pollution; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; OZONE;

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0141868990     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/5/5/376     Document Type: Conference Paper

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