Re: UV flux at Earth's surface

[Eric Cowdrey <ericc@mctrf.mb.ca>]

Solar UV monitoring sites have been operated for some time at various
locations around the world.  Some that I know about are:

National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) - Chilton, Oxfordshire, England

Website:   http://nrpb.org.uk/Uv-prog.htm

Daily solar UV index is available on this site and their is a designated
contact person for further information.


Australian Radiation Laboratory

Website: http://health.gov.au/arl

Their is a network of monitoring stations throughout Australia and some
information about daily and long-term trends is available on the site,
again with a contact for further information.


New Zealand, National Institutes of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) -
Lauder Institute

Website: http://www.niwa.cri.nz/lauder/homepg07.htm

Information from a network of monitoring stations in New Zealand is
gathered.  Some data is available on the site and there is a specified
contact for further information.


At 09:35 AM 5/20/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Does anyone know where I can find  values for measured UV flux  at the
>Earth's surface? I'm interested in trends over time, say the past fifty
>years or so. Do such data exist?
>
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Eric Cowdrey
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Department of Medical Physics
Manitoba Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation
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