UV radiation, Ozone and Aerosols over the Iberian Peninsula

The JGR has recently published three papers about these topics. Bilbao and de Miguel (2010) studied an empirical relationship between the solar ultraviolet-B (UV-B) in the range (280–315 nm) and the total global solar irradiation (G) in Valladolid (Spain). The results showed that G is an appropriate variable to obtain UV-B daily values in places where UV radiation is not measured or to extend the existing data set back in time. Mladenove et al. (2010) analyzed the relationships between spectroscopic (fluorescence and absorbance) properties of the water-soluble organic compounds in aerosol deposition and ground-based remote sensing measurements of aerosols in the atmospheric column in Granada (Spain). They found important differences between Saharan- and marine-dominated organic aerosols. Antón et al (2010) compared the total ozone retrieved with the passive DOAS methodology from zenith-sky observations by the SPATRAM spectrometer located in Evora (Portugal) with highly accurate total ozone data retrieved from direct-sun recordings by a well-calibrated Brewer instrument in El Arenosillo (Spain). The results showed that the differences observed between both systems is not associated with the natural spatial variability of the total ozone.