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A Preliminary Estimation of the Direct Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance in Valencia (Spain): Comparison with Measured Values

L. HernándezRoberto PedrósMaría P. UtrillasF. TenaJ.a. Martinez-lozano

subject

RadiationRadiological and Ultrasound Technologymedicine.diagnostic_testbiologybusiness.industryRadiació ultravioladaRadiation dosePublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthIrradianceGeneral Medicinebiology.organism_classificationmedicine.disease_causeAtmospheric sciencesAerosolOpticsSpectrophotometrymedicineUltraviolet irradiationRange (statistics)Environmental scienceRadiology Nuclear Medicine and imagingbusinessValenciaUltraviolet

description

UVSPEC and SMARTS2 models have been used to estimate the UV spectral irradiance values in Valencia, Spain, and the results of these estimations have been compared with experimental measurements of direct irradiance at normal incidence obtained using an Optronic OL 754 in the 300-400 nm range. The relative RMSD and MBD parameters have been used to estimate the deviations of the modelled values with respect to the experimental values. The results indicate that the deviations are smaller when the SMARTS2 model is used with the appropriate aerosol coefficients.

https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a033193