An improved outdoor calibration procedure for broadband ultraviolet radiometers

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 860-865

  Cancillo, M L ^a   Serrano, A ^a   Anton M ^a   Garcia J A ^a   Vilaplana, J M ^b   De La Morena, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; SUNLIGHT; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CALIBRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOMETRY; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 24644479748     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2005-01-12-RA-412R.1     Document Type: Article

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