Using satellite (Earth Probe TOMS) measurements of erythemal ultraviolet radiation (EUVR) we examine the global and regional (for Russia) spatial distributions of EUVR. Global distributions of monthly and yearly EUVR doses reveal continental "structures" and large mountain-masses. An examination of the EUVR distribution for the Russia's territory reveals meso-scale inhomogeneities of EUVR fields depending on the region and season under consideration. Our results are in qualitative agreement with earlier findings derived by other authors from investigating global distributions of the total ozone content that is a crucial agency for the supply of EUVR to the ground. We discuss the competing contribution from meteorological (cloud cover, aerosols) and other factors of influence of EUVR in the effects observed. Generally EUVR fields are produced under the influence of many atmospheric factors whose distribution can be affected by orographic conditions, the degree of continentality, circulation processes, and by the physico-geographic properties of the region.

Date Published: 23 February 2004
PDF: 10 pages
Proc. SPIE 5397, Tenth Joint International Symposium on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics/Atmospheric Physics. Part II: Laser Sensing and Atmospheric Physics, (23 February 2004); doi: 10.1117/12.548658

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 5397:
Tenth Joint International Symposium on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics/Atmospheric Physics. Part II: Laser Sensing and Atmospheric Physics
Gennadii G. Matvienko; Georgii M. Krekov, Editor(s)