Trends of solar ultraviolet irradiance at Barrow, Alaska, and the effect of measurement uncertainties on trend detection

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 13029-13045

  Bernhard, G ^a  

^a Biospherical Instruments   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; ERROR CORRECTION; IRRADIANCE; NOAA SATELLITE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALASKA; BARROW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84055217984     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-13029-2011     Document Type: Article

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