Inter-Comparison Campaign of Solar UVR Instruments under Clear Sky Conditions at Reunion Island (21°S, 55°E)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.1.1. Spectroradiometer Bentham DTMc300
2.1.2. Radiometer Kipp&Zonen UVS-E-T
2.1.3. Radiometer Solar Light UV-Biometer Model 501
2.1.4. Radiometer SGLux UV-Cosine
2.1.5. Radiometer Davis
2.1.6. Sky Camera
2.1.7. TUV Model
- –extraterrestrial spectrum (ETS),
- –solar zenith angle (SZA),
- –total ozone column amount (TO3),
- –total nitrogen dioxide (TNO2),
- –ozone profile (OP),
- –temperature profile (TP),
- –aerosol optical thickness (AOT) at 340 nm
- –aerosol Ångström exponent (α) between 340 and 440 nm,
- –ground surface albedo (ALB) and
- –altitude (Z).
2.2. Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Cloud Cover Conditions over Saint-Denis
3.2. Clear Sky Filtering
3.3. Inter-Comparison
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Number of Points | r² (%) | RD (%) | RSD (%) | RMSE | Quantile (%) | |||||
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0.05 | 0.25 | Median | 0.75 | 0.95 | ||||||
KZ | 19220 | 99 | 1.1 | 10.2 | 0.5 | −17.9 | −2.9 | 2.6 | 6.3 | 14 |
SL | 18878 | 99 | 3.1 | 10.6 | 0.4 | −8.6 | −0.5 | 1.7 | 4.9 | 20.1 |
SG | 18967 | 99 | 1.4 | 9.4 | 0.4 | −11.6 | −1 | 1.2 | 3.8 | 13.7 |
DV | 16675 | 99 | 14.2 | 14.5 | 0.7 | −3.5 | 6.2 | 13.3 | 21.9 | 35.4 |
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Cadet, J.-M.; Portafaix, T.; Bencherif, H.; Lamy, K.; Brogniez, C.; Auriol, F.; Metzger, J.-M.; Boudreault, L.-E.; Wright, C.Y. Inter-Comparison Campaign of Solar UVR Instruments under Clear Sky Conditions at Reunion Island (21°S, 55°E). Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 2867. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17082867
Cadet J-M, Portafaix T, Bencherif H, Lamy K, Brogniez C, Auriol F, Metzger J-M, Boudreault L-E, Wright CY. Inter-Comparison Campaign of Solar UVR Instruments under Clear Sky Conditions at Reunion Island (21°S, 55°E). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(8):2867. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17082867
Chicago/Turabian StyleCadet, Jean-Maurice, Thierry Portafaix, Hassan Bencherif, Kévin Lamy, Colette Brogniez, Frédérique Auriol, Jean-Marc Metzger, Louis-Etienne Boudreault, and Caradee Yael Wright. 2020. "Inter-Comparison Campaign of Solar UVR Instruments under Clear Sky Conditions at Reunion Island (21°S, 55°E)" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 8: 2867. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17082867