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Reconstructing of erythemal ultraviolet radiation levels in Europe for the past 4 decades
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2010 (English)In: Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, ISSN 2169-897X, E-ISSN 2169-8996, Vol. 115, article id D10102Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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This paper is based on a comparative study on ultraviolet radiation (UV) measurements and UV reconstruction models for eight sites in Europe. Reconstruction models include neural network techniques and radiative transfer modeling combined with empirical relationships. The models have been validated against quality-controlled ground-based measurements, 8 to 20 years, on time scales ranging from daily to yearly UV sums. The standard deviations in the ratios of modeled to measured daily sums vary between 10 and 15%. The yearly sums agree within a 5% range. Depending on the availability of ancillary measurements, reconstructions have been carried out to the early 1960s. A method has been set up to educe one best estimate of the historical UV levels that takes into account the long-term stability and underlying agreement of the models, and the agreement with actual UV measurements. Using this best estimate, the yearly sums of erythemally weighted UV irradiance showed a range of 300 kJ/m(2) at 67 degrees N to 750 kJ/m(2) at 40 degrees N. The year-to-year variability was lowest at 40 degrees N with a relative variation of 4.3%; for central and northern European latitudes this year-to-year variation was 5.2 to 6.5%. With regard to the period 1980 to 2006, first-order trend lines range from 0.3 +/- 0.1 to 0.6 +/- 0.2% per year, approximately two thirds of which can be attributed to the diminishing of cloudiness and one third to ozone decline.

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2010. Vol. 115, article id D10102
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URN: urn:nbn:se:smhi:diva-566DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012827ISI: 000277965100005OAI: oai:DiVA.org:smhi-566DiVA, id: diva2:806898
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