The ultraviolet radiation environment of high southern latitudes: Springtime behavior over a decadal timescale

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 320-324

  Liao, Yixiang ^a   Frederick, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; OZONE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ERYTHEMA; GEOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; SEASON; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CLIMATE; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ERYTHEMA; GEOGRAPHY; OZONE; RADIATION MONITORING; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 17444423661     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2004-07-21-RA-239.1     Document Type: Article

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