A FORMULA FOR COMPARING ANNUAL DAMAGING ULTRAVIOLET (DUV) RADIATION DOSES AT TROPICAL AND MID-LATITUDE SITES

A simple formula is developed in this paper for the relative annual damaging ultraviolet radiation (DUV) dose at different tropical and mid-latitude sites. The formula consists of six multiplicative factors which include the effects of amount of ozone, latitude, altitude, cloudiness, ground albedo, and amount of aerosols. A seasonal ozone variation factor is introduced to modify the tropical relative DUV formula for application to mid-latitude sites. The approach involves correlations of sometimes sparse data, and remains to be validated in the general sense. The formula should be useful, where more exact data are not available, in studies of the effects of solar ultraviolet radiation--and its possible increase from a reduction in stratospheric ozone--on land and marine ecological systems and skin cancer incidence in white Caucasian populations. (Author)

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• Authors:
  • Cutchis, P
• Publication Date: 1980-6

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• Pagination: 60 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Atmospheric chemistry; Biology; Cancer; Diseases and medical conditions; Ecology; Geography; Marine biology; Ozone; Radiation doses; Radiation hazards; Radiation shielding; Reflection; Skin; Temperate regions; Tropics; Ultraviolet radiation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Albedo; Skin diseases
• Old TRIS Terms: Radiation damage; Radiobiology
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00326333
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: IDA-P-1492, FAA/EE-80-21
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FA77WA-3065
• Files: NTIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 30 2002 12:00AM