Estimation of solar UV radiation in maritime Antarctica using a nonlinear model including cloud effects

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 831-849

  Laska K ^a   Prosek P ^a   Budik L ^b   Budikova M ^a   Milinevsky, G ^c  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^c TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERBOLIC FUNCTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AVERAGE PREDICTION ERROR; MARITIME ANTARCTICA; MODEL VALIDATION; NONLINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; SOLAR UV RADIATION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TOTAL OZONE CONTENT; TRANSMISSION FUNCTION;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

CLOUD COVER; ESTIMATION METHOD; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MODEL VALIDATION; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR RADIATION; TOTAL OZONE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 77951137827     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160902897866     Document Type: Article

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