Assessment of erythemal UV level in Nepal based on solar UV estimates from total ozone mapping spectrometer

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 789-796

  Bhattarai, Binod Kumar ^a   Kjeldstad, Berit ^b   Thorseth, Trond Morten ^b  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

altitude effect; TOMS; UV daily dose; UV maps

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959426592     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-010-9222-0     Document Type: Article

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