Surface UV radiation monitoring at two Italian Brewer stations (Rome and Ispra): A first comparison with OMI data

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6362, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Siani, Anna Maria ^a   Ialongo, Iolanda ^a   Casale, Giuseppe R ^a   Giannini, Romina ^a   Cacciani, Marco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brewer spectrophotometer; OMI satellite data; Solar UV irradiance; UV index

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; METEOROLOGY; OZONE; RADIATION EFFECTS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BREWER SPECTROPHOTOMETER; OMI SATELLITE DATA; SOLAR UV IRRADIANCE;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 33846598462     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.688267     Document Type: Conference Paper

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