Measurements of UV irradiance within the area of one satellite pixel

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 5615-5626

  Weihs, P ^a   Blumthaler, M ^b   Rieder, H E ^a,c,f   Kreuter, A ^b   Simic, S ^a   Laube, W ^a   Schmalwieser, A W ^e   Wagner, J E ^a   Tanskanen, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^f Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; CLEAR SKY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IRRADIANCE; MONITORING SYSTEM; NSCAT; OPTICAL DEPTH; PIXEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPACECRAFT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; VIENNA;

EID: 52649143251     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-5615-2008     Document Type: Article

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