Short-term variability of experimental ultraviolet and total solar irradiance in Southeastern Spain

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 28, 2011, Pages 4815-4821

  Anton M ^a,b   Gil, J E ^a,b   Cazorla, A ^a,b   Fernandez Galvez J ^a,b   Foyo Moreno, I ^a,b   Olmo, F J ^a,b   Alados Arboledas, L ^a,b  

^a Centro Andaluz de Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Broadband UV radiometer; Short term variability; Total solar irradiance; Ultraviolet irradiance

Indexed keywords

ALL-SKY IMAGER; BROADBAND UV RADIOMETER; CLOUD COVER; CLOUDY CONDITIONS; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; ERYTHEMAL IRRADIANCE; SHORT-TERM VARIABILITY; SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE; TOTAL SOLAR IRRADIANCE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIANCE;

RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY;

SOLAR RADIATION;

BROADBAND DATA; CLEAR SKY; CLOUD COVER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRRADIANCE; LITERATURE REVIEW; RADIOMETER; SOLAR RADIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ZENITH ANGLE;

ARTICLE; CLOUD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DETECTOR; SOLAR RADIATION; SPAIN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANDALUCIA; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 79960568041     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.06.020     Document Type: Article

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