IAI-Science-ISP-2-135-A South American Network for the Measurement of Ultraviolet Radiation

Since discovery of the "iozone holei" in Antarctica, monitoring of long-term trends and geographical variability of UV irradiance and how it impacts our environment has become increasingly important. A continuing difficulty in judging these impacts is the lack of coordinated, world-wide UV monitoring networks that produce results that can be compared at the level of precision and accuracy needed to detect trends in irradiance that maybe or are likely to be occurring.

This project proposed to apply techniques in network design, data processing, and calibration already developed to enable several independent networks of instruments in South America to be linked together and linked with networks in operation in other countries. To find out this project, as well as its results, see the Final Report. ftp://disbr1.iai.int/iai/isp2/135-Vernet/Final_Report.pdf. Principal Investigator >> Maria Vernet, mvernet@ucsd.edu, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.