Monitoring of erythemal irradiance in the Argentine ultraviolet network

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 13, 2002, Pages AAC-1-1-AAC-1-10

  Cede, Alexander ^a   Luccini, Eduardo ^b,c   Nuñez, Liliana ^d   Piacentini, Rubén D ^b,c   Blumthaler, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^d Ministerio de Defensa Republica Argentina   (Argentina)

Author keywords

3309 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Climatology (1620); 3359 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Radiative processes; 3394 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Instruments and techniques

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATOLOGY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; IRRADIATION; METEOROLOGY; OZONE;

IRRADIANCE; WEATHER STATION;

EID: 32044443621     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD001206     Document Type: Article

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