Estimates of surface ultraviolet radiation over north America using Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 21, 2008, Pages

  Gadhavi, Harish ^a,b   Pinker, R T ^a   Laszlo, I ^a,c  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^c OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; OZONE LAYER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALGORITHM; DIURNAL VARIATION; EOS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 58249091595     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009308     Document Type: Article

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