Modification of spectral UV irradiance by clouds

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 16, 2002, Pages

  Schwander, Harry ^a   Koepke, Peter ^a   Kaifel, Anton ^b   Seckmeyer, Günther ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ZENTRUM FÜR SONNENENERGIE UND WASSERSTOFF FORSCHUNG BADEN WÜRTTEMBERG ZSW   (Germany)

^c Institut für Meteorologie und Klimatologie ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Cloud modification factor; Clouds; Neural networks; UV measurement; UV modeling; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448932372     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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