Long-term variability of human health-related solar ultraviolet-B radiation doses from the 1980s to the end of the 21st century

C Zerefos, I Fountoulakis, K Eleftheratos… - Physiological …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Solar ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation has played a crucial role in the evolution of life on Earth.
UV exposure presents both risks and benefits to humans. Optimal UV-B exposure behaviors …

Ozone–climate interactions and effects on solar ultraviolet radiation

AF Bais, G Bernhard, RL McKenzie… - Photochemical & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
This report assesses the effects of stratospheric ozone depletion and anticipated ozone
recovery on the intensity of ultraviolet (UV) radiation at the Earth's surface. Interactions …

Solar UV irradiance in a changing climate: Trends in Europe and the significance of spectral monitoring in Italy

I Fountoulakis, H Diémoz, AM Siani, G Laschewski… - Environments, 2019 - mdpi.com
Review of the existing bibliography shows that the direction and magnitude of the long-term
trends of UV irradiance, and their main drivers, vary significantly throughout Europe …

Short-and long-term variability of spectral solar UV irradiance at Thessaloniki, Greece: effects of changes in aerosols, total ozone and clouds

I Fountoulakis, AF Bais, K Fragkos… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
In this study, we discuss the short-and the long-term variability of spectral UV irradiance at
Thessaloniki, Greece, using a long, quality-controlled data set from two Brewer …

Regional background ozone estimation for China through data fusion of observation and simulation

Z Sun, J Tan, F Wang, R Li, X Zhang, J Liao… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Regional background ozone (O 3 _ RBG) is an important component of surface ozone (O 3).
However, due to the uncertainties in commonly used Chemical Transport Models (CTMs) …

Increasing solar UV radiation in Dortmund, Germany: data and trend analyses and comparison to Uccle, Belgium

S Lorenz, F Heinzl, S Bauer, M Janßen… - Photochemical & …, 2024 - Springer
Increasing solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) can raise human exposure to UVR and
adversely affect the environment. Precise measurements of ground-level solar UVR and …

[HTML][HTML] Variability and trends in surface solar spectral ultraviolet irradiance in Italy: on the influence of geopotential height and lower-stratospheric ozone

I Fountoulakis, H Diémoz, AM Siani… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
The short-and long-term variability of the surface spectral solar ultraviolet (UV) irradiance is
investigated across Italy using high-quality ground-based measurements from three …

[HTML][HTML] Real-time UV index retrieval in Europe using Earth observation-based techniques: system description and quality assessment

PG Kosmopoulos, S Kazadzis… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - amt.copernicus.org
This study introduces an Earth observation (EO)-based system which is capable of
operationally estimating and continuously monitoring the ultraviolet index (UVI) in Europe …

Twenty-five years of spectral UV-B measurements over Canada, Europe and Japan: Trends and effects from changes in ozone, aerosols, clouds, and surface …

I Fountoulakis, CS Zerefos, AF Bais… - Comptes Rendus …, 2018 - Elsevier
Spectral UV records of solar irradiance at stations over Europe, Canada, and Japan were
used to study long-term trends at 307.5 nm for a 25-year period, from 1992 to 2016. Ground …

[HTML][HTML] Aerosol optical depth in the European Brewer Network

J López-Solano, A Redondas, T Carlund… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
Aerosols play an important role in key atmospheric processes and feature high spatial and
temporal variabilities. This has motivated scientific interest in the development of networks …