Ground Level UV Exposure

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Ground Level UV Exposure

A large ozone hole means more ultraviolet exposure. TOMS tracks solar ultraviolet (UV-B radiation) measured at 290-320 nanometer wavelengths. Loss of stratospheric ozone has been linked to skin cancer in humans. Increased UV-B exposures for Southern continents can seriously impact phytoplankton and other species. Red is for high UV exposure and blue is for low UV exposure For more information, see: www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/2003/1208toms.html

Erythemal radiation on 1 July 2003

Metadata

  • Sensor

    TOMS/TOMS

  • Animation ID

    2980

  • Video ID

    NONE

  • Start Timecode

    00:00:00:00

  • End Timecode

    00:00:00:00

  • Animator

    Greg Shirah

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2003/11/18

  • Scientist

    Paul Newman (NASA/GSFC)

  • Datasets

    Earth Probe/TOMS Erythemal

  • Keywords

    erythemal, radiation

  • Data Date

    2003/07/01, 2003/08/31, 2003/08/29, 2003/11/03

  • Animation Type

    Stills