Effect of altitude and surface albedo variability on global UV-B and total radiation under clear-sky condition

Contributions to Geophysics and Geodesy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 281-298

  Pribullova A ^a   Chmelik M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b SLOVAK HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Altitude; Global total irradiance; Global UV B irradiance; Reflected radiation; Scattered radiation; Snow cover; Total ozone

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ALTITUDE; CLEAR SKY; OZONE; SNOW COVER; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

CARPATHIANS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; TATRA MOUNTAINS;

EID: 33749413586     PISSN: 13352806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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