Low ozone over southern australia in august 2011 and its impact on solar ultraviolet radiation levels

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 984-994

  Gies, Peter ^a   Klekociuk, Andrew ^b   Tully, Matthew ^c   Henderson, Stuart ^a   Javorniczky, John ^a   King, Kerryn ^a   Lemus Deschamps, Lilia ^c   Makin, Jennifer ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AGENCY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^d CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEASON; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERE; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OZONE; SEASONS; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84879837765     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/php.12076     Document Type: Article

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