Comparison of ultraviolet data from colocated instruments from the U.S. EPA Brewer Spectrophotometer Network and the U.S. Department of Agriculture UV-B Monitoring and Research Program

Optical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-8

  Kimlin, M G ^a,b   Slusser, J R ^c   Schallhorn, K A ^a   Lantz, K ^d   Meltzer, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Irradiance; Spectral measurement; Ultraviolet monitoring networks

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; INSTRUMENT TESTING; IRRADIATION; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; RADIOMETERS; THERMAL EFFECTS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BREWER SPECTROPHOTOMETER NETWORK; COLOCATED INSTRUMENTS; IRRADIANCE; SPECTRAL MEASUREMENTS; STRAY LIGHT REJECTION; ULTRAVIOLET MONITORING NETWORKS;

ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETERS;

EID: 22944483101     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1885470     Document Type: Article

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