Comparative analyses of the ultraviolet-B flux over the continental United State based on the NASA total ozone mapping spectrometer data and USDA ground-based measurements

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Gao, Zhiqiang ^a,b   Gao, Wei ^a   Chang, Ni Bin ^c  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Nimbus 7 TOMS; spatiotemporal analysis; USDA Ground based Measurements; UVB changes; UVI

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; HEALTH RISKS; MAPPING; NASA; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPECTROMETERS;

GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; NATIONAL AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE ADMINISTRATIONS; NIMBUS-7/TOMS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERIC OZONE DEPLETION; TOTAL OZONE CONCENTRATIONS; TOTAL OZONE MAPPING SPECTROMETER; UVB CHANGES;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 80155137228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3507249     Document Type: Article

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