Argentina

The Argentinean Government's, Servicio Meteorologico Nacional (SMN), has been operating UV monitoring instruments since 1994. Today, Osvaldo M. Barturen is in charge of nine instruments operating in Argentina. All instruments are part of the WMO's Global Atmospheric Watch (GAW) program. All instruments have been regularly calibrated and have participated in intercomparison exercises. Funding has been provided by Servicio Meteorologico Nacional of Argentina and the WMO. Please contact Mr. Barturen for more information.
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The Institute of Technology in Argentina (INTECH), in cooperation with the National Council of Science & Technology Research (CONICET), the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and the Centro Austral De Investigaciones Cientificas (CADIC) also conducts monitoring in Bariloche, Argentina. All measurements are part of the Inter American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) UV Radiation Network. All instruments have been calibrated. Please contact Horacio Zagarese, Maria Vernet, or Susana Diaz for more information.

The Institute for Genetic Engineering and Molecular Biology (INGEBI), in conjunction with CONICET, Scripps, and CADIC also conducts monitoring in Buenos Aries, Jujuy, and Trelew. All instruments have been calibrated, and all three are contributors to the Argentina Solar UV Rad Monitoring Network, and to the IAI network. Contact Alejandro Paladini, Maria Vernet, or Susana Diaz with further questions. Click here for more information .

The Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco, in conjunction with Scripps and CADIC/CONICET, run instruments in Trelew, and Ushuaia. They are part of the IAI UV radiation network. Contact Jorge Pedroni, Maria Vernet, or Susana Diaz for further information.

The majority of instruments outlined contribute to the IAI (Inter American Institute for Global Change) UV Radiation Network. The IAI radiation network is part of the IAI project entitled "Enhanced UV-B Radiation in Natural Ecosystems as an added Perturbation due to Ozone Depletion (CNR-26)" These multi-channel instruments (GUV 511, Biospherical Instruments Inc.) have been installed by different efforts during the 1990's in South America. Three of the stations are in Chile (Santiago, Valdivia, and Punta Arenas) and six in Argentina (Jujuy, Buenos Aries, Bariloche, Trelew (two instruments) and Ushuaia). There is also one radiometer located in Puerto Rico (Las Lajas).
At present, this project is ending and a new proposal is being prepared to apply for funding at the IAI CNR II. This new project will add six new instruments to the ten already included in CNR I 026. Five of the new instruments are installed in Columbia and one in Peru.

Contact Information:

Osvaldo M. Barturen Servicio Meteorologico Nacional (SMN) 25 de Mayo 658 (1002) Buenos Aires ARGENTINA tel: +54 11 51676716 fax: +54 11 51676709 barturen@meteofa.mil.ar Horatio Zagarese INTECH/CONICET CC 164 (B7130IWA) Chascomus ARGENTINA tel: +54 2241 430323 fax: +54 2241 424048 zagarese@intech.gov.ar Maria Vernet Sripps institute of Oceanography University of California, San Diego La Jolla, California 92093-0218 USA tel: 1 858 534-5332 fax: 1 858 534-2997 mvernet@ucsd.edu Susana Diaz CADIC/CONICET B. Houssay 200 (9410) Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego ARGENTINA tel: +54 2901 422754 fax: +54 2901 430644 subediaz@speedy.com.ar Alejandro Paladini INGEBI/CONICET Obilgado 2490 (1428) Buenos Aires ARGENTINA tel: +54 11 4783 2871 ext. 14 fax: +54 11 4786 8578 paladini@dna.uba.ar Jorge Pedroni Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco Julio A. Roca 115-2do. Piso, 9100 Trelew - Chubut pedroni@infovia.com.ar

Instruments in Argentina
Instruments	Organization	Network	Station Name	Nearest Town	Lat/Lon	Installed
Solar Light 501	SMN	GAW	Villa Ortuzar	Buenos Aries	34.61S, 58.41W	Oct. 1996
Solar Light 501	SMN	GAW	Comodoro Rivadavia Station	Comodoro Rivadavia	45.78S, 67.50W	Jan. 1998
YES braodband	SMN	GAW	La Quiaca Station	La Quiaca	22.11S, 65.57W	Jul. 1996
Solar Light 501	SMN	GAW	Marambio Station	Antarctica	64.23S, 56.72W	Oct. 1996
Solar Light 501	SMN	GAW	Mendoza Station	Mendoza	32.88S, 68.87W	Mar. 1999
Solar Light 501	SMN	GAW	Pilar Station	Pilar	31.66S, 63.88W	Mar. 1997
YES Broadband	SMN	GAW	Rosario Station	Rosario	32.96S, 60.62W	May 1998
YES Broadband	SMN	GAW	San Julian Station	San Julian	49.32S, 67.75W	Sep. 1997
Solar Light 501	SMN	GAW	Ushuaia GAW Station	Ushuaia	54.80S, 68.27W	Jun. 1997
Biospherical GUV-511	INTECH/CONICET,Scripps,CADIC	IAI	Bariloche	Bariloche	41.13S, 71.42W	1998
Biospherical GUV-511	INGEBI/CONICET,Scripps,CADIC/CONICET	Arg. Solar UV Rad Monitoring	Buenos Aries	Buenos Aries	34.55S, 58.45W	1994
Biospherical GUV-511	INGEBI/CONICET,Scripps,CADIC/CONICET	Arg. Solar UV Rad Monitoring	Jujuy	s.S. de Jujuy	24.16S, 65.01W	1994
Biospherical GUV-511	INGEBI/CONICET,Scripps,CADIC/CONICET	Arg. Solar UV Rad Monitoring	Trelew	Trelew	42.78S, 65.02W	1994
Biospherical GUV-511	Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia	IAI	Trelew	Trelew	42.78S, 65.02W	1998
Biospherical GUV-511	Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia	IAI	Ushuaia	Ushuaia	54.82S, 68.32W	1994

Argentina's National Commission on Space Activities offers UV index levels for a number of cities in Argentina as well as some cities in other South American counties and Mexico. The accompanying information is in Spanish.

Argentina

Compiled by E.C. Weatherhead, Gregory Noonan, and ENV/AREP/WMO.