COMPARISON BETWEEN MEASUREMENTS AND MODELING OF UV-B IRRADIANCE FOR CLEAR-SKY - A CASE-STUDY

Authors
WANG P LENOBLE J
Citation
P. Wang et J. Lenoble, COMPARISON BETWEEN MEASUREMENTS AND MODELING OF UV-B IRRADIANCE FOR CLEAR-SKY - A CASE-STUDY, Applied optics, 33(18), 1994, pp. 3964-3971
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
33
Issue
18
Year of publication
1994
Pages
3964 - 3971
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1994)33:18<3964:CBMAMO>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We compare the UV-B global and direct irradiances computed with a radi ative transfer model (discrete ordinate method) and measured during a European intercomparison campaign in Greece in July 1991, with clear s ky. The agreement between the model and the measurements is within 6%. The sensitivity of the model to the accuracy of the input parameters as well as the potential of modeling for instrument calibration is dis cussed.