UV-Check
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The UV-Check Service provides local and indivialized near-real-time
sunburn times, UV-Indices, and sun protection factor recommendations via
Short Message Service (SMS) and internet web-page.
Visitors of the sites www.uv-check.com (in English) or www.uv-check.de
(in German) can easily and without charge register themselves and/or
their family members by creating individual profiles containing name,
age, and skin type. To account for the high temporal and spatial
variations of clouds or surface conditions as for example snow cover,
reflecting water surfaces, or small scale terrain structures, the
UV-Check enables the user himself to enter this information. The service
products are provided for locations, i.e. cities, towns, villages,
requested and specified by the user within the area of Europe. For
selected regions in the Mediterranean area the similar MEDSUN service is
specifically devised. Currently UV-Check accounts for the variability of
total ozone in time and space by using data from the GOME-2
(Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment-2) instrument
operating aboard the European MetOp satellite as input.
Currently sunburn times are shown that are based on climatological total ozone values derived from ERS-2/GOME data. Maps illustrate the short
sunburn times in July due to high UV intensity under clear sky conditions. Note, burntimes will be further reduced in case of snow cover, especially in the mountains. Burntimes will be prolonged when the sun is obscured by clouds.
Sunburn time
on 01. September
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Sunburn time
on 15. September
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Sunburn time
on 31. September
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Archives
UV-Check results as well as related total ozone column amounts for the years 2006 and 2007 covering the area of Europe are archived offline. Contact Ralf Meerkötter (below).
Documentation
Meerkötter, R., T.
Erbertseder, J. Kammann, R. Blumenthal, F. Flore, E. Simeone, G.
Licitra, A. Tanskanen, The UV Service in the ESA-GSE Project PROMOTE, Proceedings of SPIE, Remote Sensing of
Clouds and the Atmosphere XI, 11. - 14. Sept. 2006, Stockholm,
Sweden, Vol. 6362, pp. 63621B-1 - 63621B-10, 2006.
Meerkötter, R., F. Flore,
The UV Service in the ESA-GSE Project PROMOTE, Proceedings of the UV Conference 'One Century of UV Research',
18. - 20. Sept. 2007, Davos, Switzerland,
Edited by Julian Gröbner, Physikalisches-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos, Weltstrahlungszentrum, Davos, pp. 193-194
Background information
Instructions how to deal with the UV-Check SMS service as well as
additional information about dermatological or technical aspects are
given on indicated web-pages of the service.
Scheme of the UV-Check system: here
Validation of the UV-algorithm, examples and related publications
The erythemal UV calculated by the central UV-algorithm of the UV-Check service has been compared to surface measurements in several studies. The erythemal UV is the basic quantity from which UV-Check products as sunburn time and UV-Index are derived.
The diurnal cycle of erythemal UV in comparison to surface measurements at Davos under clear sky conditions: here
The diurnal cycle of erythemal UV in comparison to surface measurements at Davos under cloudy conditions: here
The diurnal cycle of erythemal UV in comparison to surface measurements at Davos under cloudy conditions: here
The diurnal cycle of erythemal UV in comparison to surface measurements at Davos under cloudy conditions: here
Intercomparison of the diurnal cycle of the UV-Index between the UV-Check and the Medsun service under cloudy conditions: here
Intercomparison of the diurnal cycle of the UV-Index between the UV-Check and the Medsun service under clear sky conditions: here
Intercomparison of the diurnal cycle of the UV-Index between the UV-Check and the Medsun service under almost clear sky conditions: here
Bugliaro, L., B. Mayer, R.
Meerkötter, J. Verdebout, Potential and limitations of
space-based methods for the retrieval of surface UV-B daily doses: A
numerical study, J. Geoph. Res.,
Vol. 111, D23, D23207, doi:10.1029/2005JD006534, 2006.
Arola, A., S. Kalliskota, P. N. den Outer, K. Edwardsen, G. Hansen,
T. Koskela, T. J. Martin, J. Mattijsen, R.
Meerkötter, P. Peeters, G. Seckmeyer, P. Simon, H. Slaper,
P. Taalas, J. Verdebout, Assessment of four methods to estimate surface
UV radiation using satellite data by comparison with ground measurements
from four stations in Europe, J.
Geoph. Res., Vol. 107, No. D-16, 2002.
Contact details
Service provider : Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR
Contact person : Ralf Meerkötter
How to contact : Contact
form
Core user :
Berufsverband der Deutschen Dermatologen, BVDD
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