Local cloud cover, ground-based and satellite measurements of erythemal dose rate for an urban, tropical site in Southern Hemisphere

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 17-18, 2011, Pages 2474-2481

  Silva, A A ^a  

^a Instituto de Estudos Avancados   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Clouds; Ground based and satellite measurements; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; DOSE RATE; EARTH'S SURFACE; GROUND BASED; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; GROUND-BASED AND SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; GROUND-BASED INSTRUMENTS; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; ULTRA-VIOLET;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; OZONE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

SATELLITES;

EID: 80255138097     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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