An investigation of solar erythemal ultraviolet radiation in the tropics: A case study at four stations in Thailand

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1893-1903

  Janjai, Serm ^a   Kirdsiri, Keerati ^a   Masiri, Itsara ^a   Nunez, Manuel ^b  

^a SILPAKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Erythemally weighted radiation; Ozone; Solar radiation; Tropical environment; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; DATA SETS; DRY SEASONS; ERYTHEMALLY WEIGHTED RADIATION; SEASONAL CHANGES; SKY MODELS; THAILAND; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS; WET AND DRY SEASONS; WET SEASON;

DROUGHT; OZONE; SUN; TROPICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

SOLAR RADIATION;

CLOUD COVER; OZONE; SEASONALITY; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

THAILAND;

EID: 77957569592     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2006     Document Type: Article

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