Variable: UV radiation

QoG Code: (ohi_cuv)


Dataset: The Ocean Health Index Data

Description:

UV radiation. Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is the portion of solar radiation with wavelengths of 200-400 nanometers (nm). UV Radiation was measured as the number of times in each 1-degree cell that the monthly average exceeded the climatological mean +1 standard deviation. These values were summed across the 12 months to provide a single value, ranging from 0-19.

For more details on the variable construction, see the original sources:

Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC).

and

J. Afflerbach et al. (2015). (https://github.com/OHI-Science/ohiprep/tree/master/globalprep/Pressures_UV)

When using this variable, please cite both the OHI project and the original sources.

Type of variable: Continuous


Last updated by source: 2023-12-03


Categories:

Environment


Find this variable in:

Environmental Indicators - 2021 Original Dataset

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