UV radiation monitoring archive

Archives of the UV radiation monitoring products from MSR (Multi-Sensor Reanalysis), SCIAMACHY and GOME

MSR:

 

product	action spectrum
	Erythemal
Clear-sky UV index daily data; World	Nov. 1978 -- Dec. 2008

 

SCIAMACHY:

 

product	action spectrum
	Erythemal	DNA-damage	Vitamin-D
Clear-sky UV index daily data; World	Jul. 2002 -- Today
Daily UV dose (Meteosat 8,9) daily data; Europe	Jul. 2005 -- Today	Jul. 2005 -- Today	Jul. 2005 -- Today
Daily UV dose (Meteosat 7) daily data; Europe	Jan. 2004 -- Jun. 2006
Daily UV dose (cloud free) daily data; World	Jul. 2002 -- Today	Jul. 2002 -- Today	Jul. 2002 -- Today
Time Series daily data; per location	Clear-sky UV index and daily UV doses

 

GOME:

 

product	action spectrum
	Erythemal	DNA-damage
Clear-sky UV index daily data monthly averages climatologies yearly averages & extrema	Aug. 1995 -- May 2003 Aug. 1995 -- May 2003 Aug. 1995 -- May 2003  1996 -- 2002	Aug. 1995 -- May 2003 Aug. 1995 -- May 2003 Aug. 1995 -- May 2003  1996 -- 2002
Daily UV dose   Europe daily data monthly averages climatologies yearly averages & extrema     whole world monthly averages climatologies yearly averages & extrema	Aug. 1998 -- May 2003 Aug. 1998 -- May 2003 Aug. 1998 -- May 2003  1999 -- 2002     Aug. 1995 -- May 2003 Aug. 1995 -- May 2003  1996 -- 2002	Aug. 1998 -- May 2003 Aug. 1998 -- May 2003 Aug. 1998 -- May 2003  1999 -- 2002     Aug. 1995 -- May 2003 Aug. 1995 -- May 2003  1996 -- 2002
Time Series    daily data; per location	Clear-sky UV index and daily UV dose	---

Related information

• Introduction to UV index and UV dose

• Structure and reading of the HDF data files

• Measured UV index at Bilthoven, the Netherlands (in Dutch)

• Publications:
  • An Empirical model to predict the UV-index based on Solar Zenith Angle and Total Ozone
    M. Allaart, M. van Weele, P. Fortuin and H. Kelder,
    Meteorological Applications (Royal Met. Society), 2004, doi:10.1017/S1350482703001130.

  • Extreme sunbathing: Three weeks of small total O3 columns and high UV radiation over the southern tip of South America during the 2009 Antarctic O3 hole season
    de Laat, A. T. J., R. J. van der A, M. A. F. Allaart, M. van Weele, G. C. Benitez, C. Casiccia, N. M. Paes Leme, E. Quel, J. Salvador, and E. Wolfram,
    Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L14805, 2010, doi:10.1029/2010GL043699.

  • Surface UV radiation monitoring based on GOME and SCIAMACHY
    J. van Geffen, R. van der A, M. van Weele, M. Allaart and H. Eskes,
    in: Proceedings of the ENVISAT & ERS Symposium, 6-10 September 2004, Salzburg, Austria, ESA publication SP-572, 2005.
               View abstract & download paper and presentation

  • L'Oréal and Solar Ultraviolet Radiation
    François Christiaens,
    in: Proceedings of the ENVISAT & ERS Symposium, 6-10 September 2004, Salzburg, Austria, ESA publication SP-572, 2005.
               View abstract & download paper and presentation