Method of estimating solar UV radiation in high-latitude locations based on satellite ozone retrieval with an improved algorithm

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3165-3177

  Laska K ^a   Budik L ^b   Budikova M ^a   Prosek P ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; HYPERBOLIC FUNCTIONS; LINEAR REGRESSION; OZONE; REFLECTION; SATELLITES;

GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES; NON-LINEAR REGRESSION; OZONE MEASUREMENTS; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; QUANTUM TRANSMISSION; SOLAR UV RADIATION; SURFACE REFLECTIVITY; TOTAL OZONE CONTENT;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

ALGORITHM; CLOUD COVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; OZONE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 79960056343     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.541513     Document Type: Article

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