Attenuation of global ultraviolet and visible irradiance over Greece during the total solar eclipse of 29 March 2006

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 5959-5969

  Kazantzidis, A ^a   Bais, A F ^a   Emde, C ^b   Kazadzis, S ^a   Zerefos, C S ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRADIANCE; OZONE; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SOLAR ECLIPSE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; WAVELENGTH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 36849066364     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-7-5959-2007     Document Type: Article

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