Mapping UV radiation in the East Antarctic sea ice zone

• Main Author: Higgins, J
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: ultraviolet radiation; sea ice; zone; ozone depletion; biological doses; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Austral; Shackleton; Amery; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice algae; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/12214/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/12214/2/Higgins-Whole-Thesis_Higgins_2011.pdf; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/12214/3/References-Higgins_2011.pdf

Ozone depletion has been a well-researched phenomenon since its discovery in the early 1980s. It is now scientifically accepted that if all other factors (cloudiness, turbidity, surface albedo, etc.) remain the same, decreases in stratospheric ozone concentrations provoke an increase in ultraviolet...