Comparison of ultraviolet spectroradiometers in Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Bernhard, Germar ^a   McKenzie, Richard L ^b   Kotkamp, Michael ^b   Wood, Stephen ^b   Booth, Charles R ^a   Ehramjian, James C ^a   Johnston, Paul ^b   Nichol, Sylvia E ^b  

^a BIOSPHERICAL INSTRUMENTS INC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; RADIOMETERS; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTARCTICA; CALIBRATION STANDARD; MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; MONITORING SYSTEM; NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATIONS; NON-LINEARITY; OZONE DEPLETION; QUALITY OF DATA; REFERENCE PLANE; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SPECTRO-RADIOMETERS; STATE OF THE ART; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIANCE; WAVELENGTH ACCURACY; WAVELENGTH SHIFT;

MONITORING;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DATA QUALITY; IRRADIANCE; OZONE DEPLETION; RADIOMETER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVELENGTH;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 71949086274     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009489     Document Type: Article

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