UV and global solar radiation in Łódź, Central Poland

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Podstawczyńska, Agnieszka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Broadband UV radiation; Clearness index of UV and global radiation; Global solar radiation; Poland; Ratio of UV to global radiation; d

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; CLOUDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LINEAR REGRESSION; SOLAR ENERGY; SUN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CLEARNESS INDICES; GLOBAL RADIATION; GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION; UV RADIATION; UV- AND;

SOLAR RADIATION;

RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETER; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

POLAND;

EID: 72649093688     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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