Trends in spectral UV radiation from long-term measurements at Hoher Sonnblick, Austria

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 585-593

  Fitzka, M ^a   Simic, S ^a   Hadzimustafic, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLOUD COVER; IRRADIANCE; OPTICAL DEPTH; OZONE; SPRING (SEASON); ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVELENGTH; WINTER; ZENITH ANGLE;

AUSTRIA; SONNBLICK;

EID: 84870389289     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0684-0     Document Type: Article

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