Long-term global earth surface ultraviolet radiation exposure derived from ISCCP and TOMS satellite measurements

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 120, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 51-68

  Ciren, Pubu ^a   Li, Zhanqing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Albedo; Cloud cover; Remote sensing; Total column ozone; UV radiation; UVB

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; CLOUD COVER; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TOMS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0347365844     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2003.08.033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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