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)

• Documentation:
  • Service Report UV (inc. format description)
  • Service Quality Assessment Report UV
  • Brief UV index product information
  • Brief UV dose product information

• 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.

  • 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 (CD-ROM).
               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 (CD-ROM).
               View abstract & download paper and presentation