Applying spaceborne reflectivity measurements for calculation of the solar ultraviolet radiation at ground level

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3041-3054

  Den Outer, P N ^a   Van Dijk, A ^a   Slaper, H ^a   Lindfors, A V ^b   De Backer, H ^c   Bais, A F ^d   Feister, U ^e   Koskela, T ^b   Josefsson, W ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^e DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^f SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; AURA (SATELLITE); CLOUD COVER; CORRECTION; DATA SET; EOS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IRRADIANCE; NIMBUS-7; OZONE; PROBE; REFLECTIVITY; SOLAR RADIATION; TOMS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WEATHER STATION; WIND VELOCITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84870894076     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-5-3041-2012     Document Type: Article

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