Surface UV radiation environment over the Antarctic: Role of surface and cloud processes

This paper presents a review of a body of research regarding the UV environment over Antarctica. In particular, it explores the role of surface and cloud processes and their coupling on the highly variable UV radiation field. The main results of this research are that : (1) clouds may play a role on...

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Main Authors: Gautier,Catherine, Ricchiazzi, Paul, Yang, Shiren
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: Institute for Computational Earth System Science, University of California Santa Barbara/Institute for Computational Earth System Science, University of California Santa Barbara/Institute for Computational Earth System Science, University of California Santa Barbara 1998
Subjects:
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctica
Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research
Polar Research
Online Access:https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=2318
http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00002318/
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Summary:This paper presents a review of a body of research regarding the UV environment over Antarctica. In particular, it explores the role of surface and cloud processes and their coupling on the highly variable UV radiation field. The main results of this research are that : (1) clouds may play a role on mitigating the effects of ozone decrease on the UV radiation through coupling with surface processes due to multiple reflections between the surface and clouds, (2) mapping of UV from space is still limited by our inability to detect clouds over highly reflective surfaces and (3) cloud-surface reflection interaction can affect both satellite and surface data interpretation in coastal regions due to multiple reflections between clouds and surface processes.

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