Climatology of ultraviolet radiation at high latitudes derived from measurements of the national science foundation's ultraviolet spectral irradiance monitoring network

UV Radiation in Global Climate Change: Measurements, Modeling and Effects on Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 48-72

  Bernhard, Germar ^a   Booth, Charles R ^a   Ehramjian, James C ^a  

^a BIOSPHERICAL INSTRUMENTS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Arctic; solar ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892015736     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03313-1_3     Document Type: Chapter

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