Modelling ultraviolet exposures in a school environment
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Article Title | Modelling ultraviolet exposures in a school environment |
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ERA Journal ID | 1487 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Downs, Nathan (Author), Parisi, Alfio (Author), Turner, Joanna (Author) and Turnbull, David (Author) |
Journal Title | Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences |
Journal Citation | 7 (6), pp. 700-710 |
Number of Pages | 11 |
Year | 2008 |
Place of Publication | Cambridge, UK |
ISSN | 1474-905X |
1474-9092 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1039/b801685b |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/PP/article.asp?doi=b512029b |
Abstract | A technique has been developed to represent erythemally effective ultraviolet radiation exposure within a school environment. The technique models the erythemally effective exposure onto a horizontal plane representation of a mapped school environment located in Hervey Bay (25oS, 153oE), Australia. The input parameters used to model the ultraviolet exposures received within the school playground included the measured sky view, ground albedo and standing surface albedo. Estimates of the erythemally effective ultraviolet exposure received within the school playground during morning tea and lunch time meal breaks during a winter and summer school day are presented. The influence of tree shade and building structure was found to vary significantly with solar zenith angle modelled over the winter and summer school meal break times with horizontal plane exposures predicted to vary from between 0 and 7 SED at different locations within the playground. The technique presented provides a method that can be followed to examine the effect of surrounding buildings and surface structures of real environments on the predicted horizontal plane ultraviolet exposure. |
Keywords | ultraviolet; school environment; erythema; model; playgrounds |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 320602. Medical biotechnology diagnostics (incl. biosensors) |
370106. Atmospheric radiation | |
510501. Biological physics | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Department of Biological and Physical Sciences |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9ywy7/modelling-ultraviolet-exposures-in-a-school-environment
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