Effect of different types of clouds on surface UV-B and total solar irradiance at southern mid-latitudes: CMF determinations at Córdoba, Argentina

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 3130-3136

  López, María Laura ^a   Palancar, Gustavo G ^a   Toselli, Beatriz M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cloud modification factor; Clouds properties; C rdoba; Irradiance measurements; Radiative transfer model

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; CIRRUS CLOUDS; CLOUD MODIFICATION FACTOR; CLOUD TYPES; CLOUDS PROPERTIES; CUMULUS CLOUDS; DATA SETS; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXPONENTIAL BEHAVIORS; EXPONENTIAL DECAYS; FIT PARAMETERS; IRRADIANCE MEASUREMENTS; LINEAR RELATIONS; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MID-LATITUDES; OCEAN OPTICS; OPTICAL THICKNESS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLES; SPECTRAL DIFFERENCES; SPECTRAL RADIOMETERS; SPECTRAL VARIATIONS; STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS; TOTAL SOLAR IRRADIANCES; UV-B RADIATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ELECTRIC FILTERS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

CLOUDS;

CIRRUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETER; SOLAR RADIATION; STRATOCUMULUS; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ZENITH ANGLE;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CLOUD; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; WATER CONTENT;

ARGENTINA; CORDOBA [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67349110363     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.02.065     Document Type: Article

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