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Research article
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06 Oct 2022
Research article |
| 06 Oct 2022
| 06 Oct 2022
Ozone, DNA-active UV radiation, and cloud changes for the near-global mean and at high latitudes due to enhanced greenhouse gas concentrations
Department of Geology and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian
University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Center for Environmental Effects on Health, Biomedical Research
Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece
John Kapsomenakis
Research Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology, Academy of
Athens, Athens, Greece
Ilias Fountoulakis
Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens (IAASARS/NOA), Athens, Greece
Aosta Valley Regional Environmental Protection Agency (ARPA),
Saint-Christophe, Italy
Christos S. Zerefos
Center for Environmental Effects on Health, Biomedical Research
Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece
Research Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology, Academy of
Athens, Athens, Greece
Navarino Environmental Observatory (N.E.O), Messenia, Greece
Patrick Jöckel
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Martin Dameris
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Alkiviadis F. Bais
Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
Thessaloniki, Greece
Germar Bernhard
Biospherical Instruments Inc., San Diego, CA 92110, USA
Dimitra Kouklaki
Department of Geology and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian
University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Kleareti Tourpali
Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
Thessaloniki, Greece
Scott Stierle
NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
J. Ben Liley
National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Lauder, New Zealand
Colette Brogniez
Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8518 – Laboratoire d'Optique
Atmosphérique, 59000 Lille, France
Frédérique Auriol
Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8518 – Laboratoire d'Optique
Atmosphérique, 59000 Lille, France
Henri Diémoz
Aosta Valley Regional Environmental Protection Agency (ARPA),
Saint-Christophe, Italy
Stana Simic
Institute for Meteorology and Climatology, University of Natural
Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna 1180, Austria
Irina Petropavlovskikh
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80209, USA
Kaisa Lakkala
Space and Earth Observation Centre, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Sodankylä, Finland
Climate Research Programme, Finnish Meteorological Institute,
Helsinki, Finland
Kostas Douvis
Research Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology, Academy of
Athens, Athens, Greece
Data sets
Airborne Science Data for Atmospheric Composition NASA https://www-air.larc.nasa.gov/pub/NDACC/PUBLIC/stations/
SBUV Merged Ozone Data Set (MOD) NASA https://acd-ext.gsfc.nasa.gov/Data_services/merged/previous_mods.html
GIOVANNI NASA (Earth Data) https://giovanni.gsfc.nasa.gov/giovanni/\#service=TmAvMp&starttime=&endtime=&data=MOD08_M3_6_1_Cloud_Fraction_Mean_Mean
Short summary
We present the future evolution of DNA-active ultraviolet (UV) radiation in view of increasing greenhouse gases (GHGs) and decreasing ozone depleting substances (ODSs). It is shown that DNA-active UV radiation might increase after 2050 between 50° N–50° S due to GHG-induced reductions in clouds and ozone, something that is likely not to happen at high latitudes, where DNA-active UV radiation will continue its downward trend mainly due to stratospheric ozone recovery from the reduction in ODSs.
We present the future evolution of DNA-active ultraviolet (UV) radiation in view of increasing...
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