Total ozone and surface UV trends in the United Kingdom: 1979-2008

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 338-346

  Smedley, Andrew R D ^a   Rimmer, John S ^a   Moore, David ^b   Toumi, Ralf ^c   Webb, Ann R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climatology; Spectral UV; Total ozone; Trends

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; CROSS-OVER; DATA RECORDS; DATA SERIES; ENGLAND; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; OZONE TRENDS; PRELIMINARY PROCESSING; SPECTRAL UV; TOTAL OZONE; TOTAL OZONE DATA; TRENDS; UNITED KINGDOM; UPPER LIMITS; UV INDEX; UV- AND;

CLIMATOLOGY;

OZONE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLOUD COVER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OZONE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CAMBORNE; CORNWALL [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; READING [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84857729544     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2275     Document Type: Article

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