The effect of varying ozone concentration on surface UV-B radiation: a Fiji perspective

Koshy, K, Maata, M, Samad, A H Q, Sami, G and Tabudravu, Jioji orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-6930-6572 (2006) The effect of varying ozone concentration on surface UV-B radiation: a Fiji perspective. The South Pacific Journal of Natural Science, 24 (1). pp. 28-31. ISSN 1013-9877

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SP06004

Abstract

Projects studying the effect of column ozone levels on UV-B radiation reaching the surface of the Earth as part of a wider global observation of vertical profiling were initiated by NASA/NOAA in the 1990s. A comparison of the changes in UV-B radiation as a function of ozone concentration revealed a negative correlation. We have shown for the first time in Fiji that a similar trend exists but with more scatter. Previous studies at this site (USP) have shown that the atmospheric concentration of aerosols varies seasonally and this may have a bearing on the scatter of the results.


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