Variability of spectral UV irradiance at Thessaloniki, Greece, from 15 years measurements

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5886, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-10

  Garane, Katerina ^a   Bais, Alkiviadis ^a   Tourpali, Kleareti ^a   Meleti, Charickleia ^a   Zerefos, Christos ^b   Kazadzis, Stylianos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Long term UV changes; Solar UV irradiance; UV Radiation; UV variability

Indexed keywords

MONOCHROMATORS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OSCILLATIONS; RADIOMETERS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROMETERS;

LONG TERM UV CHANGES; SOLAR UV IRRADIANCE; THESSALONIKI, GREECE; UV VARIABILITY;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 29344431880     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.619793     Document Type: Conference Paper

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