Empirical evaluation of global vitamin D effective ultraviolet irradiances under cloudy conditions for a subtropical southern hemisphere site

Radiation Research

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 703-708

  Turnbull, David J ^a   Parisi, Alfio V ^a   Schouten, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLOUD; EFFECTIVE ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPICS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; SUNLIGHT; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VITAMIN D;

EID: 77951840625     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1936.1     Document Type: Article

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