Solar global UVB (280-315 nm) and UVA (315-380 nm) radiant fluxes and their relationships with broadband global radiant flux at an eastern Mediterranean site

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 149, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 1188-1200

  Jacovides, C P ^a   Tymvios, F S ^b   Asimakopoulos, D N ^a   Kaltsounides, N A ^a   Theoharatos, G A ^a   Tsitouri, M ^b  

^a Build PHYS V   (Greece)

^b Meteorological Service of Cyprus   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Aerosol extinction; Broadband global flux; Cyprus island; Global UVB and UVA radiant fluxes; Ozone column amount; Sky clearness and brightness; Sky conditions

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIELD METHOD; FLUX MEASUREMENT; OZONE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ASIA; ATHALASSA; CYPRUS; EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST; NICOSIA [CYPRUS];

EID: 62849093568     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2009.02.009     Document Type: Article

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