Ultraviolet Index Forecasts Issued by the National Weather Service

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 729-748

  Long, Craig S ^a,e   Miller, Alvin J ^a   Lee, Hai Tien ^b   Wild, Jeannette D ^b   Przywarty, Richard C ^c   Hufford, Drusilla ^d  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^b Res and Data Systems Corporation   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e Natl Centers Environ Prediction   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPA; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE; ULTRAVIOLET INDEX; WEATHER FORECASTING;

USA;

EID: 0030477843     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<0729:UIFIBT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. ACS, 1995: Cancer Facts and Figures. Publ. 95-375-No. 5008.95, American Cancer Society, 29 pp.
2. Black, T. L., 1994: The new NMC mesoscale Eta model: Description and forecast examples. Wea. Forecasting, 9, 265-278.
3. Blumthaler, M., and W. Ambach, 1988: Solar UV-B albedo of various surfaces. Photochem. Photobiol., 48, 85-88.
4. _, _, and W. Rehwald, 1992: Solar UV-A and UV-B radiation fluxes at two alpine stations at different altitudes. Theor. Appl. Climatol., 46, 39-44.
5. _, A. R. Webb, G. Seckmeyer, A. F. Bais, M. Huber, and B. Mayer, 1994: Simultaneous spectroradiometry: A study of solar UV irradiance at two altitudes. Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 2805-2808.
6. Colmar Brunton Research, 1992: National Omnibus Telephone Survey of 1000 People. Cancer Society of New Zealand.
7. Coulson, K. L., and D. W. Reynolds, 1971: The spectral reflectance of natural surfaces. J. Appl. Meteor., 10, 1285-1295.
8. Decima Research, 1993: An investigation of Canadian's attitudes related to Environment Canada's UV index. 6 pp.
9. DeFabo, E. C., and F. P. Noonan, 1983: Mechanism of immune suppression by ultraviolet radiation in vivo. I. Evidence for the existence of a unique photoreceptor in skin and its role in photoimmunology. J. Exper. Med., 158, 84-98.
10. DeLuisi, J. J., and J. M. Harris, 1983: A determination of the absolute radiant energy of a Robertson-Berger meter sunburn unit. Atmos. Environ., 17, 751-758.
11. Erickson, M., 1988: LFM-based MOS cloud amount guidance for the contiguous United States. Tech. Procedures Bull. Ser. 378, National Weather Service, Washington, DC, 7 pp.
12. Frederick, J. E., and D. Lubin, 1988: The budget of biologically active radiation in the earth-atmosphere system. J. Geophys. Res., 93, 3825-3832.
13. _, A. E. Koob, A. D. Alberts, and E. C. Weatherhead, 1993: Empirical studies of tropospheric transmission in the ultraviolet: Broadband measurements. J. Appl. Meteor., 32, 1883-1892.
14. Glahn, H. R., and D. A. Lowry, 1972: The use of model output statistics (MOS) in objective weather forecasting. J. Appl. Meteor., 11, 1203-1211.
15. Jensenius, J. S., 1988: Objectively forecasting sunshine. Wea. Forecasting, 3, 5-17.
16. Kondratyev, K. Y., 1969: Radiation in the Atmosphere. Academic Press.
17. Liu, S. C., S. A. McKeen, and S. Madronich, 1991: Effects of Anthropogenic aerosols on biologically active ultraviolet radiation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 18, 2265-2268.
18. Madronich, S., 1993, UV radiation in the natural and perturbed atmosphere. UV-B Radiation and Ozone Depletion Effects on Humans, Animals, Plants, Micro-organisms, and Materials, Manfred Tevini, Ed., Lewis Publishers, 17-69.
19. McKenzie, R. L., W. A. Matthews, and P. V. Johnston, 1991: The relationship between erythemal UV and ozone, derived from spectral irradiance measurements. Geophys. Res. Lett., 18, 2269-2272.
20. McKinlay, A. F., and B. L. Diffey, 1987: A reference spectrum for ultraviolet induced erythema in human skin. Human Exposure to Ultraviolet Radiation: Risks and Regulations, W. F. Passchier and B. F. Bosnajakovic, Eds., Elsevier, 83-87.
21. Michelangeli, D. V., M. Allen, Y. L. Yung, R. L. Shia, D. Crisp, and J. Eluszkiewicz, 1992: Enhancements of atmospheric radiation by an aerosol layer. J. Geophys. Res., 97, 865-874.
22. Miller, A. J., R. M. Nagatani, J. D. Laver, and B. Korty, 1979: Utilization of 100 mb midlatitude height fields as an indicator of sampling effects of total ozone variations. Mon. Wea. Rev., 107, 782-787.
23. Nagatani, R. M., J. D. Laver, and A. J. Miller, 1977: Backscatter ultraviolet (BUV) ozone analysis system. NWS/NMC Office Note 132, 15 pp.
24. National Cancer Institute, 1973-1991, 1994: SEER Cancer Statistics Review. NIH Publ. No. 94-2789.
25. Smith, R. C., and Coauthors, 1992: Ozone depletion: Ultraviolet radiation and phytoplankton biology in Antarctic waters. Science, 255, 952-959.
26. Wilson, L. J., 1993: Canada's UV index-How It Is Computed and Disseminated. Environment Canada, Atmospheric Environment Service, 3 pp.