Influences of the clearness index on UV solar radiation for two locations in the Tibetan Plateau-Lhasa and Haibei

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 885-896

  Hu, Bo ^a   Wang, Yuesi ^a   Liu, Guangren ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Clearness index; Tibetan plateau; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 60049087564     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-008-0885-8     Document Type: Article

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