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Typical distribution of the solar erythemal UV radiation over Slovakia
A. Pribullová
apribull@ta3.sk
M. Chmelík
Geophysical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Stará Lesná, Slovakia
Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute, Poprad-Gánovce, Slovakia
Maps of the solar erythemal ultraviolet (UV) radiation daily doses were
created for every month with horizontal resolution of 500 m at geographical
domain 47.15 N–49.86 N×16.94 E–22.81 E covering the territory of
Slovakia. Cloud modification factor for the UV radiation (<i>cmf</i><sub>UV</sub>)
was modelled utilizing relation between the <i>cmf</i> of total and UV radiation.
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The maps of the <i>cmf</i> factor of the UV radiation were created utilizing
measurements of total radiation performed at 9 observatories during 1995–2004
period and the model of <i>cmf</i> dependence on altitude. Maps of clear-sky UV
radiation daily dose and UV radiation daily dose affected by average cloudiness
were constructed for mean monthly total ozone, their upper and lower monthly limits,
for two probability levels of snow cover occurrence as criterion for the snow
effect incorporation in the model and for 1 day representing typical values of
every month. The map-set can be considered as an atlas of the solar erythemal UV
radiation over Slovakia.
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