Improvement of the Valencia region ultraviolet index (UVI) forecasting system

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 72-82

  Gomez I ^a   Marin M J ^b   Pastor, F ^a   Estrela, M J ^b  

^a FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Erythemal radiation; Operational forecasting; SBDART model; Total ozone column; UV index

Indexed keywords

AREA OF INTEREST; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATIVE TRANSFER; ERYTHEMAL RADIATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FORECAST INFORMATION; FORECASTING SYSTEM; GENERAL PUBLICS; HUMAN HEALTH PROBLEMS; OBSERVED DATA; OPERATIONAL FORECASTING; ORIGINAL SYSTEMS; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; REGIONAL GOVERNMENT; SANTA BARBARA; TOTAL OZONE COLUMN; ULTRA-VIOLET; ULTRAVIOLET INDEX; UV INDEX; VALENCIA;

CLIMATOLOGY; OZONE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS; WEBSITES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING METHOD; HEALTH IMPACT; INDEX METHOD; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; TOTAL OZONE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84857920865     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2011.08.015     Document Type: Article

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