Effect of cloud cover on UVB exposure under tree canopies: Will climate change affect UVB exposure?

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 487-494

  Grant, Richard H ^a   Heisler, Gordon M ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 33646229558     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2005-07-07-RA-604     Document Type: Article

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