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UV Index time-lapse map for New Zealand

Combined measurements of UV intensities across New Zealand during 2000 enabled this day-by-day map of clear-sky maximum UV Index to be compiled.

Acknowledgements: NIWA Lauder

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Rights: National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)
Published: 29 July 2008
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