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03 Aug 2005
Spectral actinic flux in the lower troposphere: measurement and 1-D simulations for cloudless, broken cloud and overcast situations
A. Kylling
Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller, Norway; now at St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Norway
A. R. Webb
Physics Department, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester, UK
R. Kift
Physics Department, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester, UK
G. P. Gobbi
Istituto di Scienze dell’Atmosfera e del Clima-CNR, Roma, Italy
L. Ammannato
Istituto di Scienze dell’Atmosfera e del Clima-CNR, Roma, Italy
F. Barnaba
Istituto di Scienze dell’Atmosfera e del Clima-CNR, Roma, Italy
A. Bais
Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
S. Kazadzis
Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
M. Wendisch
Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung, Leipzig, Germany
E. Jäkel
Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung, Leipzig, Germany
S. Schmidt
Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung, Leipzig, Germany
A. Kniffka
Institut für Meteorologie, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig Italy
S. Thiel
Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
W. Junkermann
Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
M. Blumthaler
Institute of Medical Physics, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
R. Silbernagl
Institute of Medical Physics, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
B. Schallhart
Institute of Medical Physics, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
R. Schmitt
Meteorologie Consult GmbH, Germany
B. Kjeldstad
Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim
T. M. Thorseth
Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim
R. Scheirer
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Wessling, Germany
B. Mayer
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Wessling, Germany
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