Record solar UV irradiance in the tropical Andes
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1 The SETI Institute Carl Sagan Center/ NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA 2 Meteorological Observatory Lindenberg Richard-Aßmann-Observatory, German Meteorological Service, Lindenberg, Germany 3 Department of Biology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany 4 Medical Photobiology Group, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany 5 Research and Development, German Meteorological Service, Offenbach, Germany
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