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CUVRA - Characteristics of the UV radiation field in the Alps.

Project Leader: Weihs Philipp, Project Leader

Duration:: 01.02.1998-01.02.2000

Programme:: Environment and Climate (FP4)

Type of Research: Basic Research

Project partners: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Institute for Atmospheric Environmental Research, Kreuzeckbahnstraße 19, D-8100 Garmisch-Patenkirchen, Germany.
Function of the Project Partner: Partner; Lille 1 University - Science and Technology, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France.
Function of the Project Partner: Partner; University Innsbruck, Institute of Medical Physics, Müllerstraße 44, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Function of the Project Partner: Koordinator; World Radiation Center, Davos, Switzerland.
Contact person: Dr. Claus Fröhlich, Director;
Function of the Project Partner: Koordinator

Further information: http://www.boku.ac.at/imp/

Staff: Simic Stana, Project Staff; Rengarajan Govindaraj, Project Staff

BOKU Research Units: Institute of Meteorology and Climatology

Funded by: Commission of the European Communities, Rue de la Loi, Brussels, European Union

Keywords: climatology; meteorology;; Alps; Garmisch-Partenkirchen; Sonnblick; UV radiation;

Publications

Weihs, P., Lenoble, J., Blumthaler, M., Seckmeyer, G., Philipona, R., De la Casiniere, A., Sergent, C., Martin, T., Gröbner, J., Cabot, T., Masserot, D., Schmucki, D., Simic, S., Rengarajan, G. (2002): Effective surface albedo due to snow cover of the surrounding area..

In: Slusser, J.R., Jay, H.,Wei, G. (Eds.): Ultraviolet Ground- and Space-based measurements, Models and Effects. Proc., SPIE Vol. 4482, 152-159, ISBN 0-8194-4196-1

Weihs, P., Simic, S., Rengajan, G., Laube, W., Mikielewicz, W. (2002): Comparision of different methods for the determination of the average UV albedo in mountainous terrain..

In: Slusser, J.R., Jay, H.,Wei, G. (Eds.): Ultraviolet Ground- and Space-based measurements, Models and Effects. Proc., SPIE Vol. 4482, 424-431, ISBN 0-8194-4196-1

Weihs, P., Simic, S., Rengarajan, G., Martin, T., Schmucki, D., Philipona, R., Sergent C., Pougatch, E., Seckmeyer, G., Blumthaler, M., Pichler, T., Lenoble, J., Dela Casiniere, A., Cabot, T., Masserot, D., Gröbner, J., Albold, A. (2001): Modelling the effect of an inhomogeneous surface albedo on incident UV radiation in mountainous terrain: determination of an effective surface albedo..

In: Smith and Timofeyev (Eds.): IRS 2000: Current problems in Atmospheric Radiation; ISBN 0-937194-43-3

** Gröbner, J., Albold, A., Blumthaler, M., Cabot, T., De la Casiniere, A., Lenoble, J., Martin, T., Masserot, D., Müller, M., Philipona, R., Pichler, G., Rengarajan, G. , Schmucki, D., Seckmeyer, G., Sergent C., Weihs, P. The variability of spectral solar ultraviolet irradiance in an Alpine Environment..

J. Geophys. Res., 105, 26991-27003 WoS

** Rengarajan, G., Weihs, P., Simic, S., Mikielewicz, W., Laube, W. Albedo measurements system for UVA and the visible wavelength..

Radiat. Prot. Dosim., 91, 1-3, 197-199 WoS

** Weihs, P., Rengarajan, G., Simic, S., Laube, W., Mikielewicz, W. Measurements of the reflectivity in the UV and the visible wavelength range..

Radiat. Prot. Dosim., 91, 1-3, 193-195 WoS

** Weihs, P., Scheifinger, H., Rengarajan, G., Simic, S. Effect of topography on average surface albedo in the ultraviolet wavelength range..

Appl. Opt., 39, 3592-3603 WoS PubMed

Simic, S., Weihs, P., Rengarajan, G. (2000): Messungen der direkten spektralen Sonnenstrahlung mittels des Brewer-Spektrophotometers und Prognose des Gesamtozongehaltes über Österreich..

Abschlußbericht an das Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Jugend und Familie

Weihs, P., Rengarajan, G. , Simic, S., Laube, W. Mikielewicz, W. (2000): Characteristics of the UV radiation in the Alps (CUVRA)..

Final report of BOKU; Report to the European Commission DG XII. Contract No. ENV4-CT97-0575

Weihs, P., Scheifinger, H., Simic, S., Rengarajan, G. (2000): Determination of the average UV albedo at Sonnblick Observatory..

In: European Geographical Society (Ed.): Abstract, XXV General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society, Nice, France, 25.-29. April 2000, Geoph. Res. Abst., Vol. 2

Weihs, P., Simic, S., Rengarajan, G., Laube, W., Mikielewicz, W. (2000): Comparison of different methods for the determination of the average UV albedo in mountainous terrain..

Abstract 26th International Conference on Alpine Meteorology, Innsbruck, 11.-15. September 2000. Österreichische Beiträge zu Meteorologie und Geophysik, Heft 23

** Webb, AR; Weihs, P; Blumthaler, M Spectral UV irradiance on vertical surfaces: a case study..

Photochem Photobiol. 1999; 69(4):464-470 WoS PubMed FullText FullText_BOKU

Weihs, P., Rengarajan, G., Simic, S. (1999): Effect of topography on average ground albedo in the UV wavelength range..

In: European Geophysical Society (Ed.): General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society, Abstract XXIV. The Hague, The Netherlands, 21-25 April 1999. ISSN 1029-7006

Vorträge

P. Weihs (2001): Einfluß der Bodenreflexion und Topographie auf die UV-Strahlung..

Atmosphären Seminar: Institut für Meteorologie und Physik, Uni. Wien, 20. November 2001

Groebner, J. ,Blumthaler, M., Lenoble, J., Philipona, R., Seckmeyer, G., Weihs, P. (2000): Solar UV irradiance variability characterized by simultaneous spectrometry..

Proc. of the quadrennial ozone symposium, Atmospheric ozone. Sapporo 2000, 3.-8. July 2000, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Weihs, P., Simic, S., Rengarajan, G., Martin, T., Schmucki, D., Philipona, R., Sergent, C., Pougatch, E., Seckmeyer, G., Blumthaler, M., Pichler, T., Lenoble, J., De la Casiniere, A., Cabot, T., Masserot, D., Gröbner, J., Albold, A. (2000): Modelling the effect of an inhomogeneous surface albedo on incident UV radiation in mountainous terrain: determination of an effective surface albedo..

International Radiation Symposium, Current Problems in Atmospheric Radiation, 24.-29. Juli 2000, St. Petersburg, Russia

Weihs, P., Rengarajan, G., Simic, S. (1999): Effect of topography on average ground albedo in the UV wavelength range..

Abstract XXIV General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society, The Hague, The Netherlands, 21-25 April 1999

Weihs, P., Rengarajan, G. Simic, S., Laube, W., Mikielewicz, W. (1999): Measurements of the dependence of ground reflectivity on slope and orientation in a mountainous region..

Univ. of Gödöllö, Department of Physics and Process Controll (Ed.): Proceedings. 5 th seminar on energy and environment, Nov. 3-5, 1999, Gödöllö, Hungary