Spring and summer time ozone and solar ultraviolet radiation variations over Cape Point, South Africa

dc.contributor.authorDu Preez, David Jean
dc.contributor.authorAjtic, Jelena V.
dc.contributor.authorBencherif, Hassan
dc.contributor.authorBegue, Nelson
dc.contributor.authorWright, Caradee Yael
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-13T10:00:11Z
dc.date.available2020-07-13T10:00:11Z
dc.date.issued2019-03
dc.description.abstractThe correlation between solar ultraviolet radiation (UV) and atmospheric ozone is well understood. Decreased stratospheric ozone levels which led to increased solar UV radiation levels at the surface have been recorded. These increased levels of solar UV radiation have potential negative impacts on public health. This study was done to determine whether or not the break-up of the Antarctic ozone hole has an impact on stratospheric columnar ozone (SCO) concentrations and resulting ambient solar UV-B radiation levels at Cape Point, South Africa. At Cape Point, the strongest anti-correlation on clear-sky days was found at solar zenith angle 20° with exponential fit R2 values of 0.71 and 0.66 for total ozone column and SCO, respectively. An average radiation amplification factor of 0.92 was found and the largest decrease in ozone levels occurred during September months. The MIMIOSA-CHIM model showed that the polar vortex had a limited effect on ozone levels at 435 - 440 K for September and 600 K over Cape Point during November. Tropical air-masses more frequently affect the study site, and this requires further investigation.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentGeography, Geoinformatics and Meteorologyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2020en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipThe New Zealand Deep South National Science Challenge, the South African Medical Research Council as well as the National Research Foundation of South Africa.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.ann-geophys.neten_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDu Preez, D.J., Ajtic, J.V., Bencherif, H. et al. 2019, 'Spring and summer time ozone and solar ultraviolet radiation variations over Cape Point, South Africa', Annales Geophysicae, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 129--141.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0992-7689 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1432-0676 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.5194/angeo-2018-56
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/75166
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherEuropean Geosciences Unionen_ZA
dc.rights© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.en_ZA
dc.subjectCape Point, South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectMIMIOSA-CHIM modelen_ZA
dc.subjectUltraviolet radiation (UV)en_ZA
dc.subjectAntarctic ozone holeen_ZA
dc.subjectStratospheric columnar ozone (SCO)en_ZA
dc.subjectSolar UV-B radiationen_ZA
dc.titleSpring and summer time ozone and solar ultraviolet radiation variations over Cape Point, South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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