A NEW DATABASE PROGRAM FOR SPECTRAL SURFACE UV MEASUREMENTS

A program package for the management and analysis of spectral ultravio let radiation (UV) data on an IBM compatible PC is described. The pres ent version can accommodate data from UV spectroradiometers operating in Russia, the U.S. National Science Foundation Polar Programs UV Spec troradiometer Network, and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Ozone and UV Data Center, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The pa ckage manages compact databases of measured UV spectra and supporting meteorological information and has tools for visualization, statistica l analysis, calculation of biologically effective doses, and a simple built-in radiative transfer model. In this paper, the program structur e and the user interface are discussed. Examples of the program's oper ation using spectral data from three spectroradiometers (SUVS-M, Centr al Aerological Observatory, Russia; Meteorological Observatory of Mosc ow State University, Russia; NSF Network, United States) illustrate th e program's capabilities. Comparisons of the experimental spectral dat a with the results of the built-in radiative transfer model simulation s are illustrated.