Abstract
The solar UV radiation has prominent impacts on human life, animals and plants with positive and negative effects. Atmospheric ozone, which is formed from the photodissociation of molecular oxygen mainly in the stratosphere, absorbs a significant factor of solar UV radiation. The ozone in the stratosphere acts as a protective layer to prevent UV radiation reaching on the surface of the earth. Hence the intensity of solar UV radiation on the surface has a strong dependence on the Total Ozone Column (TOC). The UV irradiance on earth surface depends on geometrical factors such as solar zenith angle, altitude, latitude and other atmospheric parameters as well. This is an attempt to study the variation of solar UV flux at its four discrete wavelengths ranging from 305 - 380 nm at Kannur, which is located in the north of Kerala in India. Hence such a correlation of TOC and UV irradiance is relevant to realize the radiation budget at this location (12.3N, 75.4E) using AURA OMI data. This paper reveals the correlation of day to day, month to month temporal variation of total ozone column (in DU) and UV irradiance (w/m2). From the analysis, the anti-correlation between UV and TOC is revealed and its impact in the solar radiation budget is established.
Highlights
Ozone is an important atmospheric constituent, because it absorbs the part of solar radiation that is deleterious to biological life on earth [1]
This paper reveals the correlation of day to day, month to month temporal variation of total ozone column and Ultra Violet (UV) irradiance (w/m2)
The UV irradiance and Total Ozone Column (TOC) data sets consists of observations carried out by satellite borne instrumentation (TOMS and Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI))
Summary
Ozone is an important atmospheric constituent, because it absorbs the part of solar radiation that is deleterious to biological life on earth [1]. It is widely accepted that UV irradiance represents a small portion of the solar spectrum, its spatial and temporal availability is of great importance [2] This is because UV is responsible for a variety of familiar photochemical reactions, including photochemical smog in polluted urban areas, bleaching of paints, decay of plastics and other detrimental effects on the earth’s ecosystems [3,4,5,6]. UV- B radiation is effectively attenuated by the stratospheric ozone layer, it is not fully blocked It is very strongly absorbed in tissues and penetrates only superficially into the body; it directly affects only the eye and the skin. UVB comprises the most energetic wavelengths, several studies showed that UVA is hazardous, producing skin damage and premature skin photo-ageing and wrinkling as well as eye damage
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