Comparison of ground-based and Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer erythemal UV doses at the island of Lampedusa in the period 1998-2003: Role of tropospheric aerosols

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Meloni, Daniela ^a,b   di Sarra, A ^a   Herman, J R ^c   Monteleone, F ^a   Piacentino, S ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; OZONE; SPECTROMETRY; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AGRIGENTO; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAMPEDUSA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PELAGI ISLANDS; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 17044393395     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005283     Document Type: Article

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