The Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMWM), Centre of Aerology has recently established a set of three SL501 meters: one each in northern, central and southern Poland. These are run by Grzegorz Zablocki, who welcomes professional contact and discussion. The three stations are standard meteorological stations with global solar irradiation measurements with Kipp & Zonen pyranometers. Ozone soundings have also been performed at the Legionowo site since 1979. The data are available from the Center of Aerology. Work is funded by The Inspection of Environmental Protection, and The National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management, Poland. These three instruments are also part of the Joint Research Network of UV-B along with the following institutions:
The Institute of Geophysics of the Polish Academy of
Sciences currently has two UV monitoring instruments in
operation, one Mark II Brewer, and one Solar Light broadband biometer. These
instruments are located at the Geophysical Observatory at
Belsk near Grojec. The Brewer began operation in July of 1992.
The old RB meter began running in May of 1975, and the new RB-501
started continuous operation in May of 1993. The old RB meter stoped its
operation at the end of 1995. Another RB-501 began runing in November 1995.
Total ozone measurements are also performed at the observatory of the
Institute of Geophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in
Belsk. Data is submitted to the European UV Database in Helsinki. Funding is provided by
the State Inspectorate for Environmental Protection, Poland.
Please contact Piotr Sobolewski for more information on the Institute's monitoring efforts.
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Contact Information:
Piotr Sobolewski
Institute of Geophysics
Polish Academy of Sciences
Ks. Janusza 64
01-452 Warsaw
Poland
tel: +48 48 6642056 int. 52
fax: +48 48 6611373
piotrs@igf.edu.pl
| Instruments in Poland | |||||
| Instruments | Network | Station Name | Nearest Town | Lat/Lon | Installed |
| Brewer Mark II | none | Central Geophysical Observatory/Belsk | Grojec | 51.83N, 20.79E | Jul. 1992 |
| Solar Light UV-Biometer 501 | none | Central Geophysical Observatory/Belsk | Grojec | 51.83N, 20.79E | Nov. 1995 |
| NILU Irradiance Meter | none | Legionowo | Legionowo | 52.4N, 20.97E | Jul. 2000 |
| NILU Irradiance Meter | none | Legionowo (ceased operation) | Legionowo | 52.4N, 20.97E | Jul. 2000 |
| Solar Light UV-Biometer 501 | none | Legionowo | Legionowo | 52.4N, 20.97E | Jul. 1993 |
| Solar Light UV-Biometer 501 | none | Legionowo (ceased operation) | Legionowo | 52.4N, 20.97E | Jul. 1993 |
| Solar Light UV-Biometer 501 | none | Leba | Leba | 54.75N, 17.5E | Jul. 1993 |
| Solar Light UV-Biometer 501 | none | Zakopane | Zakopane | 49.3N, 19.97E | May 1995 |