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Variation characteristics of ultraviolet radiation derived from measurement and reconstruction in Beijing, China

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Language: English
Page range: 100 - 108
Submitted on: Jun 9, 2009
Accepted on: Jan 14, 2010
Published on: Jan 1, 2010
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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