Estimation of UV-B irradiation from total global solar meteorological data in central Spain

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Bilbao, Julia ^a   De Miguel, Argimiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; OZONE; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANNUAL CYCLE; B VALUE; CENTRAL SPAIN; CORRECTION FACTORS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA SETS; GLOBAL SOLAR IRRADIATION; MEAN BIAS ERRORS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; PYRANOMETERS; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE ERRORS; SCATTER PLOTS; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; SUMMER MONTHS; TIME DATA SERIES; TOTAL OZONE COLUMN;

IRRADIATION;

ERROR ANALYSIS; RADIOMETER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ZENITH ANGLE;

CASTILLA Y LEON; SPAIN; VALLADOLID [CASTILLA Y LEON];

EID: 77949462322     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012505     Document Type: Article

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