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Measurements of erythemally effective ultraviolet radiation and total ozone content

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MEASUREMENTS of erythemally effective ultraviolet radiation—wavelengths between 290 and 320 nm—are now being made at Aspendale (38°S, 145°E) and Brisbane (27°S, 153°E) as part of separate studies being undertaken by research groups in Australia and the USA. The following preliminary analysis of these measurements supplements the theoretically calculated relationships1–4 between the total atmospheric ozone content and the intensity of ultraviolet radiation incident at the Earth's surface.

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  1. CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Physics, Aspendale, Victoria, 3195

    I. J. BARTON

  2. University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4067, Australia

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BARTON, I., ROBERTSON, D. Measurements of erythemally effective ultraviolet radiation and total ozone content. Nature 258, 68–69 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/258068a0

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