Spectral UV measurements in Austria from 1994 to 2006: Investigations of short- and long-term changes

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 7033-7043

  Simic, S ^a   Weihs, P ^a   Vacek, A ^a   Kromp Kolb, H ^a   Fitzka, M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLEAR SKY; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD COVER; LONG-TERM CHANGE; OBSERVATORY; OZONE; SNOWLINE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ZENITH ANGLE;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 57349182531     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-7033-2008     Document Type: Article

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