A method for reconstruction of past UV radiation based on radiative transfer modeling: Applied to four stations in northern Europe

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 23, 2007, Pages

  Lindfors, Anders ^a   Kaurola, Jussi ^a   Arola, Antti ^a   Koskela, Tapani ^a   Lakkala, Kaisa ^a   Josefsson, Weine ^b   Olseth, Jan Asle ^c   Johnsen, Bjørn ^d  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALBEDO; CLOUD COVER; IRRADIANCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BERGEN; ETELA SUOMEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; HORDALAND; JOKIOINEN; LAPPI [FINLAND]; NORRKOPING; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; OSTERGOTLAND; SCANDINAVIA; SODANKYLA; SWEDEN;

EID: 38949192000     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008454     Document Type: Article

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