Impacts of the solar eclipse of 29 March 2006 on the surface ozone concentration, the solar ultraviolet radiation and the meteorological parameters at Athens, Greece

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 425-430

  Tzanis, C ^a   Varotsos, C ^a   Viras, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Ministry of Environment Greece   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MEASUREMENT METHOD; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REDUCTION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOLAR ECLIPSE; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WIND VELOCITY;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 38849103829     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-425-2008     Document Type: Article

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