UV index forecasting on a global scale

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 259-270

  Staiger, Henning ^a   Koepke, Peter ^b  

^a DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; OZONE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD; OPTICAL DEPTH; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 33144464690     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2005/0029     Document Type: Article

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