Global forecast model to predict the daily dose of the solar erythemally effective UV radiation

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 154-162

  Schmalwieser, Alois W ^a   Schauberger, Günther ^a   Janouch, Michal ^b   Nunez, Manuel ^c   Koskela, Tapani ^d   Berger, Daniel ^e   Karamanian, Gabriel ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b CZECH HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e Solar Light Company   (United States)

^f Ushuaia GAW Station   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DOSIMETER; ERYTHEMA; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SHIELD; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 14744274035     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2003-12-03-RA-019.1     Document Type: Article

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