I currently work as research scientist at:
University of Extremadura, BADAJOZ (Spain)
I also belong to:
University of Extremadura, BADAJOZ (Spain)
I also belong to:
- Atmospheric Physic Group, University of Granada, GRANADA (Spain)
- Geophysics Centre of Évora, University of Évora, EVORA (Portugal)
Please feel free to contact me by e.mail: mananton(at)unex.es
22/7/10
Influence of ozone mini-holes on UV radiation
The International Journal of Climatology has recently published two papers about the ozone mini-holes effects over the UV radiation. Sola and Lorente study the impact of two mini-holes on erythemal UV irradiance over Barcelona (Spain). They find that this irradiance at noon was 36% higher on 10 January 2004 than the day before. This date corresponds with the minimum total ozone value recorded over the Iberian Peninsula. On the other hand, Martinez-Lozano et al. analyzed the low ozone level episodes over Valencia (Spain) during 2000-2007. The increase of UV radiation related to the decrease in total ozone is quantified at 1.29 times this decrease