Monitoring surface UV-B irradiance from space using GOME; Comparisons with ground-based measurements
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Authors
Peeters, P.
Müller, J.-F.
Simon, P.C.
Gillotay, D.
Celarier, E.A.
Herman, J.R.
Discipline
Earth and related Environmental sciences
Subject
Clouds
Ecosystems
Health
Irradiation
Ozone
Global ozone monitoring experiment (GOME)
Ultraviolet radiation
ground-based measurement
irradiance
satellite data
ultraviolet radiation
Audience
Scientific
Date
2000Metadata
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Since UV exposure increase may have several harmful effects on human health or ecosystems and given that the ozone depletion has not yet reached its maximum, the necessity for monitoring the surface UV radiation is of great importance. Satellite measurements are the only way to achieve a global view of the radiative fields. We present some preliminary results of global UV fields estimation at the Earth's surface computed using data from the Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME) instrument. A first simple model is used to test the best strategy for implementing the cloud modeling. It relies heavily on the cloud coverage estimation from GOME. We have compared this scheme with a more accurate model derived from the algorithm developed for the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) instrument by NASA/GSFC. First comparisons of the daily CIE weighted irradiance showed deviations between satellite estimates and measurements as large as a factor of 2.5. Possible explanations are discussed. A first comparison between the two different satellite models is also presented.
Citation
Peeters, P.; Müller, J.-F.; Simon, P.C.; Gillotay, D.; Celarier, E.A.; Herman, J.R. (2000). Monitoring surface UV-B irradiance from space using GOME; Comparisons with ground-based measurements. , Advances in Space Research, Vol. 26, Issue 12, 1941-1947, DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(00)00177-0.Identifiers
scopus: 2-s2.0-0034438336
Type
Article
Peer-Review
Yes
Language
eng