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Ultraviolet solar radiation in the tropical central Andes (12.0°S)

dc.contributor.author Suárez Salas, Luis F. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Flores Rojas, Jose L. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Pereira Filho, Augusto J. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Karam, Hugo A. es_PE
dc.date.accessioned 2024-05-30T23:13:38Z
dc.date.available 2024-05-30T23:13:38Z
dc.date.issued 2017
dc.description.abstract Ultraviolet (UV) solar irradiance measurements performed in the central Andes, Huancayo, Peru (12.0°S, 75.3°W, 3313 m asl) at 1 min intervals between January 2003 and December 2006 were used to analyse daily, monthly, and annual cycles of UV solar irradiance. The measurements were performed using a GUV-511 multi-channel filter radiometer at four wavelengths: 305, 320, 340, and 380 nm. UV irradiance data under clear sky and all sky conditions were separated using a procedure based on calculation of normalized irradiance. In February, the highest hourly mean value at noon for the UV Index reached 18.8 for clear sky conditions and 15.5 for all sky conditions, with outlier peaks close to UVI = 28. In addition, the highest mean value for the daily erythemal dose was found also in February, reaching 7.5 kJ m−2 d−1 with a maximum outlier value close to 10.1 kJ m−2 d−1. Comparisons between the clear sky GUV measurements and TUV model estimations were evaluated with statistical quantities showing values of R2 close to 0.98. The total ozone column and trace gases were obtained from OMI. The aerosol parameters were obtained from MODIS. The enhancements due to clouds of spectral irradiance at 340 nm as compared to a cloudless sky reach maxima of 20%. These results indicate that tropical central Andes has among the highest incident ultraviolet solar radiation in the world.
dc.description.sponsorship Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico - Fondecyt
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1039/c6pp00161k
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12390/1342
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
dc.relation.ispartof Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject Ultraviolet rays
dc.subject Solar irradiation es_PE
dc.subject Aerosols es_PE
dc.subject MODIS es_PE
dc.subject.ocde http://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.05.09
dc.title Ultraviolet solar radiation in the tropical central Andes (12.0°S)
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dspace.entity.type Publication
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