Evaluation of the Long-term Cumulative UVA Facial Exposure of Queensland School Teachers derived for an Extended Period from the OMI Satellite Irradiance
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Article Title | Evaluation of the Long-term Cumulative UVA Facial Exposure of Queensland School Teachers derived for an Extended Period from the OMI Satellite Irradiance |
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ERA Journal ID | 15283 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | A Jebar, Mustapha A. (Author), Downs, Nathan J. (Author), Parisi, Alfio V. (Author) and Turner, Joanna (Author) |
Journal Title | Photochemistry and Photobiology |
Journal Citation | 97 (1), pp. 192-197 |
Number of Pages | 6 |
Year | 2021 |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0031-8655 |
1751-1097 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/php.13329 |
Web Address (URL) | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/php.13329 |
Abstract | This research presents a novel methodology for deriving the total daily broadband solar UVA (320-400 nm) received by school teachers during their working day from Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) satellite solar noon UVA irradiance measurements for a Queensland sub-tropical site (27.5 oS, 152 oE). Daily UVA exposures are weighted to the anatomical human cheek (anterior infra-orbital region) for teachers wearing, and not wearing broad-brimmed hats. The method utilizes the OMI UVA irradiance data collected daily at high temporal resolution over 2005 to 2016 to derive the total daily UVA exposure to a horizontal plane. These horizontal plane exposures are scaled by factors to take into account the timing of outdoor activity. The relationship between exposures to a horizontal plane and those to a vertical plane and the protection provided by a broad-brimmed hat were assessed to evaluate the total daily UVA exposures to the cheek for classroom and physical education teaching staff expected to be outside at different periods of the day. The developed method enables the total daily UVA exposure to specific anatomical sites to be evaluated from the satellite solar noon irradiance at locations that do not have access to surface-based instrumentation capable of recording in the solar UVA waveband. |
Keywords | Ultraviolet, OMI, Teachers, UVA, Hats, Skin cancer, satellite |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 519999. Other physical sciences not elsewhere classified |
429999. Other health sciences not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences |
Centre for Applied Climate Sciences | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q63zq/evaluation-of-the-long-term-cumulative-uva-facial-exposure-of-queensland-school-teachers-derived-for-an-extended-period-from-the-omi-satellite-irradiance
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