@article{3017760,
    title = "Sensitivity of solar UV radiation to ozone and temperature profiles at Thessaloniki (40.5°N, 23°E), Greece",
    author = "Kazantzidis, A. and Bais, A.F. and Balis, D.S. and Kosmidis, E. and Zerefos, C.S.",
    journal = "Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics",
    year = "2005",
    volume = "67",
    number = "14",
    pages = "1321-1330",
    issn = "1364-6826",
    doi = "10.1016/j.jastp.2005.05.003",
    keywords = "Algorithms;  Atmospheric temperature;  Mathematical models;  Ozone layer;  Troposphere;  Ultraviolet radiation, Greece;  Ozone profile;  Radiative transfer model, Solar radiation, ozone;  photochemistry;  ultraviolet radiation, Central Macedonia;  Eastern Hemisphere;  Eurasia;  Europe;  Greece;  Southern Europe;  Thessaloniki;  World, Thessaloniki",
    abstract = "Measured ozone and temperature vertical profiles from Thessaloniki, Greece, were used together with the mid-latitude standard profiles as input data in a radiative transfer model. Calculations of direct and global solar irradiance, actinic flux, UV-B and CIE weighted integrals for solar zenith angles of 30°, 70° and 85° were performed and analyzed. Variable temperature values and ozone redistribution may change UV radiation reaching the surface significantly more than the proposed measurement uncertainties for high solar zenith angles. A specific measured profile corresponding to air masses of polar origin probed over Thessaloniki was selected and the differences in vertical distribution of UV-B radiation were discussed. Obtained results revealed that the use of an inappropriate temperature and ozone profile may lead to significant changes at small UV-B wavelengths and high solar zenith angles. In this case, the use of seasonal average vertical profiles of ozone and temperature for a given area may be carefully utilized when accurate model spectral calculations are needed and comparison with measurements in the troposphere performed. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved."
}