Comparisons of biologically effective doses of solar UV-radiation determined with spore dosimetry and spectral photometry in 2000-2003 at Southern Space Observatory, Brazil

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1784-1788

  Schuch, A P ^a,b   Guarnieri, R A ^a,b   Rosa, M B ^a   Pinheiro, D K ^b   Munakata, N ^c   Schuch, N J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^c RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological effect; Spectral photometry; Spore dosimetry; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; PHOTOMETRY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE RESEARCH;

BIOLOGICAL EFFECT; SPECTRAL PHOTOMETRY; SPORE DOSIMETRY;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 33744797650     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.05.068     Document Type: Article

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