Antarctica
This is a picture of The Lockroy Approach coming into Antarctica.
A variety of countries monitor UV radiation in Antarctica. The U.S. National Science
Foundation established the first regular Antarctic monitoring site in 1988. This network
is operated by Biospherical Instruments,
Inc. under the guidance of Rocky Booth.
Contact Information:
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Rocky Booth
Biospherical Instruments, Inc.
5340 Riley Street
San Diego, CA
In 1991, the 32nd Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition set up a Brewer spectrometer
and a UV pyranometer at Syowa station (69 deg S, 39.5 deg E).
For more information, see Takao et al., Ultraviolet spectral irradiance observations at Syowa
station, Antarctica, 1991-1996. The Geophysical Magazine Series 2, Vol. 3, No. 3, 95-107, 1995.
| U.S.N.S.F. |
| Instrument | Location | Installed | Monitoring Period | Contact |
| SUV-100 |
McMurdo, Antarctica
(166.40E, 77.51S), | March 1988 | August - April) | Rocky Booth |
| SUV-100 | Palmer, Antarctica
(64.03W, 64.46S, | May 1988 | Year round) | Rocky Booth |
| SUV-100 | South Pole, Antarctica
0, 90.00S, | February 1988 | September - March | Rocky Booth |
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Compiled by Gregory Noonan,
E. C. Weatherhead, and ENV/AREP/WMO.
