Comparison of ground-based measurements of solar UV radiation at four sites on the Tibetan Plateau

Applied Optics

Volumn , Issue 4, 2014, Pages 736-747

  Norsang, Gelsor ^a   Chen, Yi Chun ^b   Pingcuo, Nima ^a,b   Dahlback, Arne ^c   Frette, Óyvind ^c   Kjeldstad, Berit ^d   Hamre, Børge ^b   Stamnes, Knut ^e   Stamnes, Jakob J ^b  

^a TIBET UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATION MODIFICATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER SIMULATIONS; SOLAR UV RADIATION; TOTAL OZONE COLUMN;

ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 84942373454     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.53.000736     Document Type: Conference Paper

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