The relationship between solar UV irradiance and total ozone from observations over southern Argentina

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Antarctic Regions, Correlation, Irradiance, Ozone Depletion, Solar Radiation, Ultraviolet Radiation, Abundance, Data Correlation, Spectroradiometers, Statistical Correlation

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Solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation at 300 and 305 nm, measured by a Biospherical Instruments high resolution scanning spectroradiometer at Ushuaia, southern Argentina (55 deg S, 68 deg W), as a part of the US National Science Foundation network for Polar Regions, was compared with total ozone satellite measurements. A statistical relationship between UV and total ozone was derived. On the basis of this relationship, the differences in 300 and 305 nm irradiance between 1979-1983 and 1989-1993 intervals are estimated; for October, the 15% observed decline of total ozone has led to irradiance increases of 80% at 300 nm and 35% at 305 nm. During the days with 'ozone hole' conditions, the 300 nm irradiance is as high as it would be at the summer solstice three months later, and is approximately 4 times higher than the UV irradiance corresponding to the 'normal ozone condition for early October, as further illustrated for October 1994. Inclusion of the 340 nm cloudy-dependent predictor is discussed.

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