Reconstruction of UVB and UVA radiation at Tõravere, Estonia, for the years 1955-2003;1955–2003. Aasta UVB- ja UVA-kiirguse rekonstrueerimine Tõravere andmete põhjal

Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 50-57

  Aun, Margit ^a,b   Eerme, Kalju ^a   Aun, Martin ^c   Ansko, Ilmar ^a  

^a TARTU OBSERVATORY   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Reconstruction; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957402431     PISSN: 17366046     EISSN: 17367530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3176/proc.2016.1.05     Document Type: Article

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