Short- and long-term variability of spectral solar UV irradiance at  Thessaloniki, Greece: effects of changes in aerosols, total ozone and clouds

Fountoulakis, Ilias; Bais, Alkiviadis F.; Fragkos, Konstantinos; Meleti, Charickleia; Tourpali, Kleareti; Zempila, Melina Maria

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-2493-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-2493-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-2493-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 4

Research article

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01 Mar 2016

Research article |

| 01 Mar 2016

Short- and long-term variability of spectral solar UV irradiance at Thessaloniki, Greece: effects of changes in aerosols, total ozone and clouds

Ilias Fountoulakis, Alkiviadis F. Bais, Konstantinos Fragkos, Charickleia Meleti, Kleareti Tourpali, and Melina Maria Zempila

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RC C11253: 'Interesting update on UV radiation trends at Thessaloniki', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Jan 2016
- AC C12525: 'Response to anonymous referee #1.', Ilias Fountoulakis, 18 Feb 2016
RC C11264: 'Referee Comment 2', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Jan 2016
AC C12527: 'Response to anonymous referee #2', Ilias Fountoulakis, 18 Feb 2016
AC C12530: 'manuscript with tracked changes', Ilias Fountoulakis, 18 Feb 2016
AC C12533: 'revised manuscript', Ilias Fountoulakis, 18 Feb 2016

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AR by Ilias Fountoulakis on behalf of the Authors (20 Feb 2016) Manuscript

Short summary

Short- and long-term variability of spectral UV irradiance at Thessaloniki, Greece, is discussed in association with changes in total ozone column, aerosols and cloudiness. The UV data set from two Brewer spectrophotometers is used for the analysis. For the entire period 1994–2014, positive, statistically significant increases of UV irradiance were found, mainly attributable to changes in aerosols. UV irradiance is mainly increased from 1994 to 2006 and remains relatively stable thereafter.