Estimation of clear-sky effective erythema radiation from broadband solar radiation (300-3000 nm) data in an arid climate

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2027-2032

  Sabziparvar, Ali A ^a  

^a BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arid climate; Estimation of daily erythema radiation; Global solar radiation; Iran; Linear correlation

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; ARID CLIMATE; ARID CLIMATES; BROADBAND RADIATION; CORRECTION FACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION; HORIZONTAL SURFACES; LINEAR CORRELATION; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; PYRANOMETERS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; TOTAL COLUMN OZONE;

ARID REGIONS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; DERMATOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ESTIMATION; OZONE; SUN;

SOLAR RADIATION;

ARID REGION; BROADBAND DATA; CLEAR SKY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ASIA; ESFAHAN [IRAN]; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 71449093237     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1848     Document Type: Article

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