Quality assurance of the UV irradiances of the UV-B Monitoring and Research Program: The Mauna Loa test case

Melina Maria Zempila, John Davis, George Janson, Becky Olson, Maosi Chen, Bill Durham, Scott Simpson, Jonathan Straube, Zhibin Sun, Wei Gao

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Abstract

The USDA UV-B Monitoring and Research Program (UVMRP) is an ongoing effort aiming to establish a valuable, longstanding database of ground-based ultraviolet (UV) solar radiation measurements over the US. Furthermore, the program aims to achieve a better understanding of UV variations through time, and develop a UV climatology for the Northern American section. By providing high quality radiometric measurements of UV solar radiation, UVMRP is also focusing on advancing science for agricultural, forest, and range systems in order to mitigate climate impacts. Within these foci, the goal of the present study is to investigate, analyze, and validate the accuracy of the measurements of the UV multi-filter rotating shadowband radiometer (UV-MFRSR) and Yankee (YES) UVB-1 sensor at the high altitude, pristine site at Mauna Loa, Hawaii. The response-weighted irradiances at 7 UV channels of the UV-MFRSR along with the erythemal dose rates from the UVB-1 radiometer are discussed, and evaluated for the period 2006-2015. Uncertainties during the calibration procedures are also analyzed, while collocated groundbased measurements from a Brewer spectrophotometer along with model simulations are used as a baseline for the validation of the data. Besides this quantitative research, the limitations and merits of the existing UVMRP methods are considered and further improvements are introduced.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRemote Sensing and Modeling of Ecosystems for Sustainability XIV
EditorsJinnian Wang, Wei Gao, Ni-Bin Chang
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510612679
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes
EventRemote Sensing and Modeling of Ecosystems for Sustainability XIV 2017 - San Diego, United States
Duration: 9 Aug 2017 → …

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume10405
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceRemote Sensing and Modeling of Ecosystems for Sustainability XIV 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego
Period9/08/17 → …

Keywords

  • Brewer.
  • Calibration
  • Cloud screening
  • Langley
  • Quality Assurance
  • UV-MFRSR
  • UVB-1
  • UVMRP

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