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Ozone, UV and Aerosol studies

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STCEO3 (Solar Terrestrial Centre of Excellence for ozone and UV)

Roeland Van Malderen, Hugo De Backer
Royal Meteorological Institute
Ringlaan 3,
B-1180 Brussels, Belgium

Contact: Roeland Van Malderen

 

The Solar Terrestrial Centre of Excellence co-ordinates activities of the three institutes (KMI-IRM, BIRA-IASB, KSB-ORB) of the spacepole at the plateau of Uccle. The main purpose is to support long term activities. The Ozone Aerosol UV group is contributing to this centre with the long term monitoring of the ozone layer with the spectrophotometers and the ozone soundings. Also the prediction and the measurement of the UV radiation is part of the project.

 

The time series of vertical ozone profiles, total ozone column densities, and UV spectral irradiation measurements data will be exploited to study

  • the ozone budget over mid-latitudes,
  • tropospheric ozone events,
  • the interactions between changes in aerosol and ozone content of the atmosphere and climate changes,
  • the effect of aerosols on the UV radiation reaching the ground,
  • the effect of the aerosol properties on the accuracy of broadband UV observations.