Reconstruction of erythemal UV-doses for two stations in Austria: A comparison between alpine and urban regions

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 6309-6323

  Rieder, H E ^a,b,f   Holawe, F ^b   Simic, S ^a   Blumthaler, M ^c   Krzyscin J W ^d   Wagner, J E ^a   Schmalwieser, A W ^e   Weihs, P ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^f Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLOUD COVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; OZONE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RECONSTRUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 55349089195     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-6309-2008     Document Type: Article

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