An empirical model to estimate ultraviolet erythemal transmissivity

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1387-1398

  Anton M ^a   Serrano, A ^a   Cancillo, M L ^a   Garcia J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (Transmission and scattering of radiation)

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; TOTAL OZONE; TRANSMISSIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SPAIN;

EID: 76149089207     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-1387-2009     Document Type: Article

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