1/f noise in the UV solar spectral irradiance

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 111, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 641-648

  Varotsos, Costas A ^a   Melnikova, Irina ^b   Efstathiou, Maria N ^a   Tzanis, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; IRRADIANCE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84873173386     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0697-8     Document Type: Article

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