Solar UV exposures measured simultaneously to all arbitrarily oriented leaves on a plant
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Article Title | Solar UV exposures measured simultaneously to all arbitrarily oriented leaves on a plant |
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ERA Journal ID | 2243 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Parisi, Alfio (Author), Schouten, Peter (Author), Downs, Nathan (Author) and Turner, Joanna (Author) |
Journal Title | Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, B: Biology |
Journal Citation | 99 (2), pp. 87-92 |
Number of Pages | 6 |
Year | 2010 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Place of Publication | Lausanne, Switzerland |
ISSN | 1011-1344 |
1873-2682 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2010.02.010 |
Abstract | The possible ramifications of climate change include the influence it has upon the amount of cloud cover in the atmosphere. Clouds cause significant variation in the solar UV radiation reaching the earth’s surface and in turn the amount incident on ecosystems. The consequences of changes in solar UV radiation delivered to ecosystems due to climate change may be significant and should be investigated. Plants are an integral part of the world wide ecological balance, and research has shown they are affected by variations in solar UV radiation. Therefore research into the influence of solar UV radiation on plants is of particular significance. However, this requires a means of obtaining detailed information on the solar UV radiation received by plants. This research describes a newly developed dosimetric technique employed to gather information on solar UV radiation incident to the leaves of plants in combination with the measurement of spectral irradiances in order to provide an accurate method of collecting detailed information on the solar UV radiation affecting the canopy and lower leaf layers of individual plants. Variations in the measurements take into account the inclination and orientation of each leaf investigated, as well as the influence of shading by other leaves in the plant canopy. |
Keywords | UV radiation; plants; dosimetry; clouds; climate change |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 419999. Other environmental sciences not elsewhere classified |
519999. Other physical sciences not elsewhere classified | |
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/9zv5w/solar-uv-exposures-measured-simultaneously-to-all-arbitrarily-oriented-leaves-on-a-plant
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