Influence of clouds on pre-vitamin D3 effective solar UV exposures
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Paper/Presentation Title | Influence of clouds on pre-vitamin D3 effective solar UV exposures |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Parisi, Alfio (Author), Turnbull, David J. (Author) and Turner, Joanna (Author) |
Year | 2006 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.isr.qut.edu.au/downloads/november_climate_sustain_symposium.pdf |
Conference/Event | International Symposium on Environmental Health, Climate Change and Sustainability (2006) |
Event Details | International Symposium on Environmental Health, Climate Change and Sustainability (2006) Event Date 21 to end of 22 Nov 2006 Event Location Brisbane, Australia |
Abstract | [Abstract]: Clouds are affected by aspects of climate change and are a major influencing factor on the pre-vitamin D3 effective solar UV (UVD3) exposures that humans receive. The aim of this research was to investigate the influence of clouds on the short wavelength cut-off of the spectral UVD3 irradiances, on the maximum of the UVD3 spectral irradiances and on the magnitude of the UVD3 irradiances. The spectral pre-vitamin D3 effective solar UV irradiances on a horizontal plane were calculated by weighting the spectral UV measured every five minutes by a spectroradiometer with the action spectrum for the synthesis of pre-vitamin D3. The short wavelength cut-off was defined as the wavelength at which the UVD3 irradiances were 0.1% of the maximum biologically damaging irradiance for that scan. Due to the higher relative effectiveness of the action spectrum at the shorter UV wavelengths, any variations will influence the UVD3 exposures and consequently has public health implications. The short wavelength cut-off, the magnitude of the irradiances and the maximum of the UVD3 spectral irradiances were investigated for a range of solar zenith angles for cloud free cases and cloudy cases. |
Keywords | vitamin D, UV, solar, clouds, cut-off wavelength, irradiance |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 511099. Synchrotrons and accelerators not elsewhere classified |
Public Notes | Conference publication consists of only the abstracts of papers presented at the conference. Abstract only posted here. No evidence of copyright restrictions on web site. |
Byline Affiliations | Department of Biological and Physical Sciences |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9xxq9/influence-of-clouds-on-pre-vitamin-d3-effective-solar-uv-exposures
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