Ground-based measured and calculated spectra of actinic flux density and downward UV irradiance in cloudless conditions and their sensitivity to aerosol microphysical properties

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 16, 2003, Pages

  Früh, Barbara ^a   Eckstein, Eva ^b   Trautmann, Thomas ^c   Wendisch, Manfred ^d   Fiebig, Markus ^e   Feister, Uwe ^f  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^f DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actinic flux; Aerosol radiative forcing; Radiative transfer simulations; UV irradiance

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1342268714     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002933     Document Type: Article

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