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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-8351-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-8351-2020
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Global distribution and 14-year changes in erythemal irradiance, UV atmospheric transmission, and total column ozone for2005–2018 estimated from OMI and EPIC observations
University of Maryland Baltimore County JCET, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Alexander Cede
SciGlob Instruments and Services, Ellicott City, Maryland, USA
Liang Huang
Science Systems and Applications, Lanham, Maryland, USA
Jerald Ziemke
Morgan State University, GESTAR, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Omar Torres
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 614, USA
Nickolay Krotkov
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 614, USA
Matthew Kowalewski
SciGlob Instruments and Services, Ellicott City, Maryland, USA
Karin Blank
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 614, USA
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- Impact of Long-Term Changes in Ambient Erythema-Effective UV Radiation on the Personal Exposure of Indoor and Outdoor Workers—Case Study at Selected Sites in Europe G. Laschewski https://doi.org/10.3390/environments12010013
- Long-term variability of human health-related solar ultraviolet-B radiation doses from the 1980s to the end of the 21st century C. Zerefos et al. https://doi.org/10.1152/physrev.00031.2022
- Moon observations from the Lagrange point L1 by the EPIC/DSCOVR spectrometer N. Gorkavyi et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsen.2026.1756531
- Raw EPIC Data Calibration A. Cede et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsen.2021.702275
- Measurement and modeling of diffuse ultraviolet radiation: A review A. Parisi et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/php.70084
- Comparison of satellite and ground-based measurements of erythemal dose from two tropical sites: Belo Horizonte (20° S, 44° W, 858 m) and Saint-Denis La Reunion (21° S, 55° E, 85 m) A. Silva https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-024-05030-5
- Calibration of the DSCOVR EPIC Visible and NIR Channels using Multiple LEO Radiometers I. Geogdzhayev et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsen.2021.671933
- Satellite Monitoring of Environmental Solar Ultraviolet A (UVA) Exposure and Irradiance: A Review of OMI and GOME-2 A. Parisi et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13040752
- Environmental effects of stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation, and interactions with climate change: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, Update 2020 R. Neale et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43630-020-00001-x
- UVB (290–315 nm) inactivation of the SARS CoV-2 virus as a function of the standard UV index J. Herman & R. Piacentini https://doi.org/10.1007/s11869-021-01099-3
- Estimation of 1 km all-sky erythemal ultraviolet radiation and daily dose based on MODIS data and ancillary information: algorithm development, global product generation, and accuracy assessment T. He et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2025.115021
- Stratospheric ozone, UV radiation, and climate interactions G. Bernhard et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43630-023-00371-y
- Lagrange Point Missions: The Key to next Generation Integrated Earth Observations. DSCOVR Innovation F. Valero et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsen.2021.745938
- Reactive Oxygen Species in Rice Fields: A Review of Generation Mechanisms, Influencing Factors and their Environmental Impacts Y. Yu et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-025-08646-z
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The amount of erythemal irradiance reaching the Earth's surface has been calculated from ozone, aerosol, and reflectivity data obtained from OMI and DSCOVR/EPIC satellite instruments showing areas with high levels of solar UV radiation. Changes in erythemal irradiance, cloud transmission, aerosol transmission, and ozone absorption have been estimated for 14 years 2005–2018 in units of percent per year for 191 locations, mostly large cities, and from EPIC for the entire illuminated Earth.
The amount of erythemal irradiance reaching the Earth's surface has been calculated from ozone,...
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