Coupling of Climate Change and Biotic UV Exposure Through Changing Snow-Ice Covers in Terrestrial Habitats

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 26-31

  Cockell, Charles S ^a   Córdoba Jabonero, Carmen ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; OZONE; SNOW;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LAND BIOME; MEASUREMENT; MICROFLORA; OZONE LAYER; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPRING; SUMMER; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WARMING;

CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ICE; SNOW; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 10744223884     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2004)79<26:COCCAB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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