Sensitivity of solar UV radiation to ozone and temperature profiles at Thessaloniki (40.5°N, 23°E), Greece

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1321-1330

  Kazantzidis, A ^a   Bais, A F ^a   Balis, D S ^a   Kosmidis, E ^a   Zerefos, C S ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Modeling; Ozone profile; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE LAYER; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

GREECE; OZONE PROFILE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL;

SOLAR RADIATION;

OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALONIKI; WORLD;

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 25444517725     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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