Satellite-derived UV climatology at Escudero station, Antarctic Peninsula

• Main Authors: Cordero, Raul R., Damiani, Alessandro, Seckmeyer, Gunther, Riechelmann, Stefan, Labbe, Fernando, Laroze, David, Garate, Fernanda
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2013
• Subjects: ozone; satellite retrievals; UV irradiance; UV spectroradiometry; words OMI; climatology; EOS; irradiance; optical depth; satellite; summer; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctica; King George Island; South Shetland Islands; West Antarctica; Dewey Decimal Classification500 | Naturwissenschaften550 | Geowissenschaften; Dewey Decimal Classification500 | Naturwissenschaften570 | Biowissenschaften, Biologie; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Dewey; Escudero; Escudero Station; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15488/2347; http://www.repo.uni-hannover.de/handle/123456789/2373

We have used data from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) aboard NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS) Aura satellite over the period 2004-11 to describe the characteristics of surface ultraviolet (UV) irradiance at Escudero Station (62°12′S, 58°57′W). The station is located on King George Isl...