Spectral actinic flux in the lower troposphere: Measurement and 1-D simulations for cloudless, broken cloud and overcast situations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1975-1997

  Kylling, Arve ^a,b   Webb, A R ^c   Kift, R ^c   Gobbi, G P ^d   Ammannato, L ^d   Barnaba, F ^d   Bais, A ^e   Kazadzis, S ^e   Wendisch, M ^f   Jakel E ^f   Schmidt, S ^f   Kniffka, A ^g   Thiel, S ^h   Junkermann, W ^h   Blumthaler, M ⁱ   Silbernagl, R ⁱ   Schallhart, B ⁱ   Schmitt, R ^j   Kjeldstad, B ^k   Thorseth, T M ^k   Scheirer, R ^l   Mayer, B ^l   more..

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^f LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^h KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^j Meteorologie Consult GmbH   (Germany)

^k NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^l GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC FLUX; CLOUD COVER; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

EAST ANGLIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 24644465068     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-5-1975-2005     Document Type: Article

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