The Netherlands

The goals of the UV monitoring in the Netherlands are the following:

1) Knowledge of the present biologically relevant UV climate and its dependence on atmospheric conditions

2) Validation of atmospheric UV radiative transfer models

3) Determiniation of long-term trends in the biolgically relevant UV climate using both measurements and model calculations. Daily, weekly, monthly and yearly totals of spectral UV are calculated along with biologically weighted UV.

Mr. Henk Reinen, with the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), maintains one instrument monitoring UV in The Netherlands. The one monitoring site, located in Bilthoven, contains ancillary measurements including aerosol profiles, ozone profiles, temperature, humidity and cloud measurements. The instrument, a Dilor XY-50, has been calibrated routinely in the past and has participated in numerous intercomparison exercises. All data is submitted to the European Database for UV climatology and Evaluation (EDUCE).
Please contact Mr. Reinen for more information.
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Contact Information:

Dr. Henk Reinen
National Inst. for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
P.O. Box 1
3720 BA Bilthoven
The Netherlands
tel: +31 302742515
fax: +31 302744428
henk.reinen@rivm.nl