Mesoscale distributions of ultraviolet spectral irradiance, actinic flux, and photolysis rates derived from multispectral satellite data and radiative transfer models

Optical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Wetzel, Melanie A ^a   Slusser, James R ^b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Actinic flux; Ozone; Photochemistry; Photolysis; Remote sensing; Satellite; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOLYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ACTINIC FLUX; MESOSCALE DISTRIBUTIONS; MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE DATA; PHOTOLYSIS RATES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRAL IRRADIANCE;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

EID: 22944491726     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1889467     Document Type: Article

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