First national intercomparison of solar ultraviolet radiometers in Italy

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1689-1703

  Diemoz H ^a,b   Siani, A M ^b   Casale, G R ^b   Di Sarra, A ^c   Serpillo, B ^d   Petkov, B ^e   Scaglione, S ^c   Bonino, A ^f   Facta, S ^f   Fedele, F ^g   Grifoni, D ^h   Verdi, L ⁱ   Zipoli, G ^h  

^a ARPA Valle d'Aosta   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

^d ARPA Basilicata   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^f ARPA PIEMONTE   (Italy)

^g ARPA Puglia   (Italy)

^h LaMMA Consortium   (Italy)

ⁱ APPA Bolzano   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIURNAL VARIATION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IRRADIANCE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETER; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ITALY;

EID: 84857742812     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-4-1689-2011     Document Type: Article

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