Diurnal and seasonal variations of UV radiation on the northern edge of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 144-151

  Cui, Xiaoyong ^a,b,c   Gu, Song ^a,b   Zhao, Xinquan ^a   Wu, Jing ^c   Kato, Tomomichi ^d   Tang, Yanhong ^b  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpine meadow; Broadband sensor; Ozone concentration; TOMS

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); OZONE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOMS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 37349078670     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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