Distribution of ultraviolet solar radiation at Riyadh region, Saudi Arabia

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 124, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 235-241

  Elani, U A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Environmental effects; Riyadh; Saudi Arabia; Ultraviolet UV radiation; UV fluxes; UV mathematical expressions

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; SOLAR RADIATION;

ULTRAVIOLET SOLAR RADIATION; UV FLUXES; UV REFLECTION; UV SCATTERING;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

OZONE;

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; CLOUD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MIDDLE EAST; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION SCATTERING; REGIONALIZATION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; THEORETICAL SAMPLE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OZONE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONS; SOLAR ENERGY; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

AR RIYAD [SAUDI ARABIA]; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; RIYADH; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 33847746982     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9221-x     Document Type: Article

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