Europe's darker atmosphere in the UV-B

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 925-930

  Seckmeyer, Gunther ^a   Glandorf, Merle ^a   Wichers, Cordula ^a   McKenzie, Richard ^b   Henriques, Diamantino ^c   Carvalho, Fernanda ^c   Webb, Ann ^d   Siani, Anna Maria ^e   Bais, Alkiviadis ^f   Kjeldstad, Berit ^g   Brogniez, Colette ^h   Werle, Peter ⁱ   Koskela, Tapani ^j   Lakkala, Kaisa ^j   Gröbner, Julian ^k   Slaper, Harry ^l   DenOuter, Peter ^l   Feister, Uwe ^m  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^g Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology   (Norway)

^h UNIV LILLE   (France)

ⁱ KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^j FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^k WORLD RADIATION CENTER   (Switzerland)

^l NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^m DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLOUD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; LATITUDE; NEW ZEALAND; OZONE LAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ATMOSPHERE; EUROPE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 48549105565     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b804109a     Document Type: Article

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