Broadband direct UVA irradiance measurement for clear skies evaluated using a smartphone

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 485-489

  Igoe, D ^a   Parisi, A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; SMARTPHONE; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AIR POLLUTION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; SMARTPHONE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84960086282     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncu344     Document Type: Article

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