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Surface solar ultraviolet radiation: A theoretical approach of the SUVR reaching the ground in Athens, Greece

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Daily total ozone observations made during 1985–1993 by both the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) flown on the Satellite Nimbus-7 and the Dobson Spectrophotometer have been used in order to investigate the fluctuations of the daily broad-band and spectral solar ultraviolet radiation reaching the ground. This investigation has been performed by employing a recently developed parametric algorithm for the estimation of the spectral and broad-band solar ultraviolet radiation which takes the total ozone variations into consideration. Total ozone reductions during the summertime from 1985 to 1993 over Athens, Greece (37.6° N, 23.4° E), cause an increase in the ultraviolet irradiance which reaches the ground of 0.54 %, 0.98 %, 2.60 % and 0.79 % per decade for the months of July at 300 nm, 312 nm, 320 nm and UVB (280-320 nm), respectively.

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  1. Photobiology Unit, Andreas Syggros Hospital, Greece

    Andreas Katsambas & Christina Antoniou

  2. Department of Applied Physics, University of Athens, Panepistimioupolis, Build. PHYS-V, Athens GR-157 84, Athens, Greece

    Costas A. Varotsos & Georgia Veziryianni

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Katsambas, A., Varotsos, C.A., Veziryianni, G. et al. Surface solar ultraviolet radiation: A theoretical approach of the SUVR reaching the ground in Athens, Greece. Environ. Sci. & Pollut. Res. 4, 69–73 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02986280

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