Episode of unusual high solar ultraviolet radiation over central Europe due to dynamical reduced total ozone in May 2005

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1771-1776

  Stick, C ^a   Kruger K ^b,c   Schade, N H ^a   Sandmann, H ^a   Macke, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEAR SKY; OZONE; SOLAR RADIATION; SUMMER; TROPOPAUSE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 33746889833     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-1771-2006     Document Type: Review

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