Comparison of measured and modelled uv indices for the assessment of health risks

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 267-277

  De Backer, Hugo ^a   Koepke, Peter ^b   Bais, Alkiviadis ⁿ   De Cabo, Xavier ⁿ   Frei, Thomas ^c   Gillotay, Didier ^d   Haite, Christine ⁿ   Heikkilä, Anu ^e   Kazantzidis, Andreas ⁿ   Koskela, Tapani ^e   Kyrö, Esko ^e   Lapeta, Bozena ^f   Lorente, Jeronimo ⁿ   Masson, Kaisa ^e   Mayer, Bernhard ^g,h   Plets, Hans ^a   Redondas, Alberto ⁱ   Renaud, Anne ^j,k   Schauberger, Gunther ^l   Schmalwieser, Alois ^l   Schwander, Harry ^b   Vanicek, Karel ^m   more..

^a ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^d BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^e FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f Institute of Meteorology and Water Management Maritime Branch Gdynia   (Poland)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^h GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

ⁱ Instituto Nacional de Metorologia   (Spain)

^j ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^k Swiss Federal Statistical Office   (Switzerland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^m CZECH HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

ⁿ NONE

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; PUBLIC RISKS;

INPUT PARAMETER; INSTRUMENTAL ERROR; MODELLING TECHNIQUES; SKIN DAMAGE; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; TOTAL OZONE; UNKNOWN INPUTS; UV INDEX (UVI);

RISK ASSESSMENT;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLOUD COVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; SKIN DISORDER; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 18044400354     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482701003024     Document Type: Article

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