Monitoring of UV spectral irradiance at Thessaloniki (1990–2005): Data re-evaluation and quality control

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3215-3228

  Garane, K ^a   Bais, A F ^a   Kazadzis, S ^a   Kazantzidis, A ^a   Meleti, C ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRECTION; DATA SET; MONITORING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 33845941338     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-3215-2006     Document Type: Article

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