Ultraviolet Radiation

Measurements of UV Radiation

Ground based measurements

USDA UVB Radiation Monitoring Program
NOAA CMDL: ozone and water vapor measurements
National UV Monitoring Center: University of Georgia
National Park Service: PRIMENet
NSF Polar UV Monitoring Network
UV exposure in Las Cruces

Commercial Instruments

Solar Light Company
Biospherical Instruments, Inc.
Kipp & Zonen (search by spectral range: ultraviolet)
Sphere Innovative Technologies (UV 1000)
Littlemore Scientific Engineering Company (ELSEC)

Satellite measurements

NOAA Space Weather
NASA's TOMS measurements
WMO Ozone Mapping Center plots

Modeling UV Radiation

Forecasting UV exposure
How to calculate the UV Index
Dose calculations
LOWTRAN7 source code

Health Effects of UV Radiation

Effects of UV radiation on phytoplankton
TOMS erythemal UV exposure (global data)
Protection Against the Hazards of UVR: Jan 18-Feb 5 1999
The Skin Cancer Foundation

Public Information

NOAA's UV index page
EPA's Ozone Depletion page
EPA's Sun Wise educational program
CIESIN: Stratospheric Ozone and Human Health Project.
National Association of Physicians for The Environment: UV fact sheet
World Ozone and Ultraviolet Data Center

Solar/lunar altitude/azimuth tables
SDAC: Current solar images
National Solar Observatory, Sacramento Peak
SURFRAD monitoring network
NOAA: Integrated Surface Irradiance Study

Publications

Ultraviolet Radiation Bibiography
Overview of Ultraviolet Radiation and Cancer: What Is the Link? How Are We Doing?

Online Documents

Last updated on 13 May 2001