UV Radiation in Global Climate Change Measurements, Modeling and Effects on Ecosystems /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gao, Wei. (Editor), Slusser, James R. (Editor), Schmoldt, Daniel L. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Subjects: Environmental sciences.; Climatic changes.; Environment.; Climate Change.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03313-1

Numerous studies report that ultraviolet (UV) radiation is harmful to living organisms and detrimental to human health. Growing concerns regarding the increased levels of UV-B radiation that reach the earth's surface have led to the development of ground- and space-based measurement programs. F...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Overview of UV radiation, and its effects
• Chapter 2. UV radiation instrumentations, measurements and calibrations
• Chapter 3. Modeling of UV in atmosphere and ocean
• Chapter 4. Long term UV time series
• Chapter 5. Instrumentations advances and UV measurement
• Chapter 6. Global Retrievals of UV irradiance and other products from satellite
• Chapter 7. Mesoscale distributions of ultraviolet spectral irradiance, actinic flux, and photolysis rates derived from multispectral satellite data and radiative transfer models
• Chapter 8. Air pollution: tropospheric ozone, aerosol and UVB radiation
• Chapter 9. Aerosol and trace gases effecting UV transmittance through atmosphere
• Chapter 10. Trends and interannual variability in surface UV-B radiation over 8-11 years observed across the United States
• Chapter 11. Comparison of measured and modeled spectral ultraviolet irradiance at Antarctic stations used to determine biases in total ozone data from various sources and a long tern UV time series in Polar region
• Chapter 12. The measurement and modeling of broadband UV-A irradiance
• Chapter 13. Derived direct irradiance from High Resolution UV Spectroradiometer Uses: Langley regression radiometric calibration, ozone column and aerosol retrievals
• Chapter 14. The Spatial and temporal variability analysis of Erythemal Exposure with TOMS data in U.S.A.
• Chapter 15. Solar UVA exposures
• Chapter 16. UV-B Effect on Ecosystems and simulations of different UV radiation level
• Chapter 17. Health impacts of ultraviolet radiation in urban ecosystems: a review
• Chapter 18. Modeling Ultraviolet-B radiation in ecosystems
• Chapter 19. Genotypic variation of soybean and cotton crops in their response to UV-B radiation for vegetative growth and physiology
• Chapter 20. Vitamin D. Optimal dosages of UVB: how much is enough, too much
• Chapter 21. UV-B tolerance characteristics of selected southern broadleaf trees in USA
• Chapter 22. Coupling Short-term Changes in Ambient UV-B levels with induction of UV-screening Compounds.