Comparison of Solar UV Spectral Irradiance from SUSIM and SORCE

Solar Physics

Volumn 289, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3641-3661

  Morrill, J S ^a   Floyd, L ^b   McMullin, D ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FM Technologies   (United States)

^c Space Systems Research Corp ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Solar spectral irradiance; Solar UV spectrum; Space based observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904391118     PISSN: 00380938     EISSN: 1573093X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-014-0535-5     Document Type: Article

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