Ozone and spectroradiometric UV changes in the past 20 years over high latitudes

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 117-125

  Eleftheratos, K ^a,b   Kazadzis, S ^c   Zerefos, C S ^b,d   Tourpali, K ^e   Meleti, C ^e   Balis, D ^e   Zyrichidou, I ^e   Lakkala, K ^f   Feister, U ^g   Koskela, T ^f   Heikkila A ^f   Karhu, J M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d Navarino Environmental Observatory (NEO)   (Greece)

^e ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^f FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

high latitudes; ozone; UV solar irradiances; variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922668192     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.2014.919897     Document Type: Article

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