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Inter-Comparison Campaign of Solar UVR Instruments under Clear Sky Conditions at Reunion Island (21°S, 55°E)

Measurement of solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is important for the assessment of potential beneficial and adverse impacts on the biosphere, plants, animals, and humans. Excess solar UVR exposure in humans is associated with skin carcinogenesis and immunosuppression. Several factors influence sola...

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Autores principales: Cadet, Jean-Maurice, Portafaix, Thierry, Bencherif, Hassan, Lamy, Kévin, Brogniez, Colette, Auriol, Frédérique, Metzger, Jean-Marc, Boudreault, Louis-Etienne, Wright, Caradee Yael
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7215606/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32326363
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17082867
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author Cadet, Jean-Maurice
Portafaix, Thierry
Bencherif, Hassan
Lamy, Kévin
Brogniez, Colette
Auriol, Frédérique
Metzger, Jean-Marc
Boudreault, Louis-Etienne
Wright, Caradee Yael
author_facet Cadet, Jean-Maurice
Portafaix, Thierry
Bencherif, Hassan
Lamy, Kévin
Brogniez, Colette
Auriol, Frédérique
Metzger, Jean-Marc
Boudreault, Louis-Etienne
Wright, Caradee Yael
author_sort Cadet, Jean-Maurice
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description Measurement of solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is important for the assessment of potential beneficial and adverse impacts on the biosphere, plants, animals, and humans. Excess solar UVR exposure in humans is associated with skin carcinogenesis and immunosuppression. Several factors influence solar UVR at the Earth’s surface, such as latitude and cloud cover. Given the potential risks from solar UVR there is a need to measure solar UVR at different locations using effective instrumentation. Various instruments are available to measure solar UVR, but some are expensive and others are not portable, both restrictive variables for exposure assessments. Here, we compared solar UVR sensors commercialized at low or moderate cost to assess their performance and quality of measurements against a high-grade Bentham spectrometer. The inter-comparison campaign took place between March 2018 and February 2019 at Saint-Denis, La Réunion. Instruments evaluated included a Kipp&Zonen UVS-E-T radiometer, a Solar Light UV-Biometer, a SGLux UV-Cosine radiometer, and a Davis radiometer. Cloud fraction was considered using a SkyCamVision all-sky camera and the Tropospheric Ultraviolet Visible radiative transfer model was used to model clear-sky conditions. Overall, there was good reliability between the instruments over time, except for the Davis radiometer, which showed dependence on solar zenith angle. The Solar Light UV-Biometer and the Kipp&Zonen radiometer gave satisfactory results, while the low-cost SGLux radiometer performed better in clear sky conditions. Future studies should investigate temporal drift and stability over time.
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spelling pubmed-72156062020-05-22 Inter-Comparison Campaign of Solar UVR Instruments under Clear Sky Conditions at Reunion Island (21°S, 55°E) Cadet, Jean-Maurice Portafaix, Thierry Bencherif, Hassan Lamy, Kévin Brogniez, Colette Auriol, Frédérique Metzger, Jean-Marc Boudreault, Louis-Etienne Wright, Caradee Yael Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Measurement of solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is important for the assessment of potential beneficial and adverse impacts on the biosphere, plants, animals, and humans. Excess solar UVR exposure in humans is associated with skin carcinogenesis and immunosuppression. Several factors influence solar UVR at the Earth’s surface, such as latitude and cloud cover. Given the potential risks from solar UVR there is a need to measure solar UVR at different locations using effective instrumentation. Various instruments are available to measure solar UVR, but some are expensive and others are not portable, both restrictive variables for exposure assessments. Here, we compared solar UVR sensors commercialized at low or moderate cost to assess their performance and quality of measurements against a high-grade Bentham spectrometer. The inter-comparison campaign took place between March 2018 and February 2019 at Saint-Denis, La Réunion. Instruments evaluated included a Kipp&Zonen UVS-E-T radiometer, a Solar Light UV-Biometer, a SGLux UV-Cosine radiometer, and a Davis radiometer. Cloud fraction was considered using a SkyCamVision all-sky camera and the Tropospheric Ultraviolet Visible radiative transfer model was used to model clear-sky conditions. Overall, there was good reliability between the instruments over time, except for the Davis radiometer, which showed dependence on solar zenith angle. The Solar Light UV-Biometer and the Kipp&Zonen radiometer gave satisfactory results, while the low-cost SGLux radiometer performed better in clear sky conditions. Future studies should investigate temporal drift and stability over time. MDPI 2020-04-21 2020-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7215606/ /pubmed/32326363 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17082867 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Cadet, Jean-Maurice
Portafaix, Thierry
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Boudreault, Louis-Etienne
Wright, Caradee Yael
Inter-Comparison Campaign of Solar UVR Instruments under Clear Sky Conditions at Reunion Island (21°S, 55°E)
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title_full Inter-Comparison Campaign of Solar UVR Instruments under Clear Sky Conditions at Reunion Island (21°S, 55°E)
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title_full_unstemmed Inter-Comparison Campaign of Solar UVR Instruments under Clear Sky Conditions at Reunion Island (21°S, 55°E)
title_short Inter-Comparison Campaign of Solar UVR Instruments under Clear Sky Conditions at Reunion Island (21°S, 55°E)
title_sort inter-comparison campaign of solar uvr instruments under clear sky conditions at reunion island (21°s, 55°e)
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7215606/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32326363
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17082867
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