Validation of ozone monitoring instrument ultraviolet index against ground-based UV index in Kampala, Uganda

Applied Optics

Volumn 54, Issue 28, 2015, Pages 8537-8545

  Muyimbwa, Dennis ^a,c   Dahlback, Arne ^b   Ssenyonga, Taddeo ^a,c   Chen, Yi Chun ^a   Stamnes, Jakob J ^a   Frette, Øyvind ^a   Hamre, Børge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ALGORITHMS; OVERPASSES; OZONE;

ABSORBING AEROSOL; KAMPALA , UGANDA; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATION MODIFICATION; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; SEASONAL PATTERNS; ULTRAVIOLET INDEX; UV MEASUREMENTS;

ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; OZONE;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; CAR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEASON; SPACE FLIGHT; SUNLIGHT; UGANDA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALGORITHMS; AUTOMOBILES; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OZONE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS; SPACECRAFT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SUNLIGHT; UGANDA; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84948661564     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.54.008537     Document Type: Article

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