Geographical differences in erythemally-weighted UV measured at mid-latitude USDA sites

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 343-352

  McKenzie, Richard ^a   Bodeker, Greg ^a   Scott, Gwen ^b   Slusser, Jim ^b   Lantz, Kathleen ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; LATITUDE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MONITORING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 33644843860     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b510943d     Document Type: Article

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