Direct solar ultraviolet irradiance over Nainital, India, in the central Himalayas for clear-sky day conditions during December 2004

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Srivastava, Manoj K ^a   Singh, Sachchidanand ^b   Saha, Auromeet ^a   Dumka, U C ^a   Hegde, Prashant ^a   Singh, Risal ^b   Pant, P ^a  

^a ARYABHATTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OBSERVATIONAL SCIENCES ARIES   (India)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; PHOTOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; IRRADIANCE; PHOTOMETER; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; NAINITAL; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARANCHAL;

EID: 33745250117     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006141     Document Type: Article

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