Factors affecting solar ultraviolet irradiance measured since 1990 at thessaloniki, greece

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 15-16, 2009, Pages 4167-4179

  Meleti, C ^a   Bais, A F ^a   Kouremeti, N ^a   Garane, K ^a   Kazadzis, S ^b   Zerefos, C ^c,d  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; OZONE;

AMPLIFICATION FACTORS; BREWER SPECTRORADIOMETER; LONG TERM CHANGE; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; THESSALONIKI; THESSALONIKI , GREECE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIANCE; UV IRRADIANCES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; DATA SET; IRRADIANCE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; RADIOMETER; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROMETRY; TOTAL OZONE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ZENITH ANGLE;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; GREECE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 74049162444     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160902822864     Document Type: Article

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