Relationship between high daily erythemal UV doses, total ozone, surface albedo and cloudiness: An analysis of 30years of data from Switzerland and Austria

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-20

  Rieder, H E ^a   Staehelin, J ^a   Weihs, P ^b   Vuilleumier, L ^c   Maeder, J A ^a   Holawe, F ^d   Blumthaler, M ^e   Lindfors, A ^f   Peter, T ^a   Simic, S ^b   Spichtinger, P ^a   Wagner, J E ^b   Walker, D ^c   Ribatet, M ^g  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^f FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clouds; Surface albedo; Total ozone; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

ALPINE REGIONS; AUSTRIA; CLOUDY CONDITIONS; COLUMN OZONE; LOW-PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRE-INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS; RELATIVE SUNSHINE DURATION; SKY CONDITION; SNOW COVERS; SURFACE ALBEDO; SWITZERLAND; TIME-PERIODS; TOTAL OZONE; UV DOSE; UV IRRADIANCES; UV RADIATION;

CHLORINE; CLOUDS; SNOW; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

OZONE;

ALBEDO; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLEAR SKY; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOTAL OZONE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; CENTRAL ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 80053650963     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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