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A computer model has been developed which is capable of calculating clear-sky UV-B spectral irradiance and spectral actinic flux, both upward and downward, as a function of ozone and aerosol concentrations, altitude, surface albedo, and latitude. The calculated irradiance can be integrated over a day, a season, or a year to provide a total dose, or weighted with any desired action spectrum to provide a total biologically effective dose. The basis of the model is a parameterization by the Schippnick and Green full radiative transfer calculations. The results of the present models are compared with those obtained using earlier parameterizations by Green and coworkers, and also with experimental measurements of clear-sky spectral irradiance.
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Rundel, R. (1986). Computation of Spectral Distribution and Intensity of Solar UV-B Radiation. In: Worrest, R.C., Caldwell, M.M. (eds) Stratospheric Ozone Reduction, Solar Ultraviolet Radiation and Plant Life. NATO ASI Series, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70090-3_3
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