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Varotsos C, Golitsyn G, Xue Y, Efstathiou M, Sarlis N, Voronova T. On the relation between rain, clouds, and cosmic rays. REMOTE SENSING LETTERS 2023; 14:301-312. [DOI: 10.1080/2150704x.2023.2190468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2023] [Accepted: 03/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- C.A. Varotsos
- Climate Research Group, Division of Environmental Physics and Meteorology, Faculty of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- School of Environment Science and Spatial Informatics, University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, PR China
- Department of Electronics, Computing and Mathematics, College of Science and Engineering, University of Derby, Derby, UK
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- Climate Research Group, Division of Environmental Physics and Meteorology, Faculty of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Section of Condensed Matter Physics, Department of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Zografos, Greece
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- Climate Research Group, Division of Environmental Physics and Meteorology, Faculty of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Petkov B, Vitale V, Di Carlo P, Mazzola M, Lupi A, Diémoz H, Fountoulakis I, Drofa O, Mastrangelo D, Casale GR, Siani AM. The 2020 Arctic ozone depletion and signs of its effect on the ozone column at lower latitudes. BULLETIN OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2021; 2:8. [PMID: 38624617 PMCID: PMC8406651 DOI: 10.1007/s42865-021-00040-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
The present study discusses the effect of the ozone depletion that occurred over the Arctic in 2020 on the ozone column in central and southern Europe by analysing a data set obtained from ground-based measurements at six stations placed from 79 to 42°N. Over the northernmost site (Ny-Ålesund), the ozone column decreased by about 45% compared to the climatological average at the beginning of April, and its values returned to the normal levels at the end of the month. Southwards, the anomaly gradually reduced to nearly 15% at 42°N (Rome) and the ozone minimum was detected with a delay from about 6 days at 65°N to 20 days at 42°N. At the same time, the evolution of the ozone column at the considered stations placed below the polar circle corresponded to that observed at Ny-Ålesund, but at 42°-46°N, the ozone column turned back to the typical values at the end of May. This similarity in the ozone evolutional patterns at different latitudes and the gradually increasing delay of the minimum occurrences towards the south allows the assumption that the ozone columns at lower latitudes were affected by the phenomenon in the Arctic. The ozone decrease observed at Aosta (46°N) combined with predominantly cloud-free conditions resulted in about an 18% increase in the erythemally weighted solar ultraviolet irradiance reaching the Earth's surface in May.
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- Boyan Petkov
- Department of Advanced Technologies in Medicine & Dentistry, University G. d’Annunzio, Via dei Vestini, 30–66100, Chieti-Pescara, Italy
- Institute of Polar Sciences, National Research Council (CNR-ISP), Via P. Gobetti 104, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Polar Sciences, National Research Council (CNR-ISP), Via P. Gobetti 104, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Technologies in Medicine & Dentistry, University G. d’Annunzio, Via dei Vestini, 30–66100, Chieti-Pescara, Italy
- Center for Advanced Studies and Technology-CAST, Chieti, Italy
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- Institute of Polar Sciences, National Research Council (CNR-ISP), Via P. Gobetti 104, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Polar Sciences, National Research Council (CNR-ISP), Via P. Gobetti 104, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- ARPA Valle d’Aosta, Loc. Grande Charrière, Saint-Christophe, Aosta, Italy
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- ARPA Valle d’Aosta, Loc. Grande Charrière, Saint-Christophe, Aosta, Italy
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- Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council (CNR-ISAC), Via P. Gobetti 104, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council (CNR-ISAC), Via P. Gobetti 104, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Sapienza University, Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Sapienza University, Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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Neale RE, Barnes PW, Robson TM, Neale PJ, Williamson CE, Zepp RG, Wilson SR, Madronich S, Andrady AL, Heikkilä AM, Bernhard GH, Bais AF, Aucamp PJ, Banaszak AT, Bornman JF, Bruckman LS, Byrne SN, Foereid B, Häder DP, Hollestein LM, Hou WC, Hylander S, Jansen MAK, Klekociuk AR, Liley JB, Longstreth J, Lucas RM, Martinez-Abaigar J, McNeill K, Olsen CM, Pandey KK, Rhodes LE, Robinson SA, Rose KC, Schikowski T, Solomon KR, Sulzberger B, Ukpebor JE, Wang QW, Wängberg SÅ, White CC, Yazar S, Young AR, Young PJ, Zhu L, Zhu M. Environmental effects of stratospheric ozone depletion, UV radiation, and interactions with climate change: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, Update 2020. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2021; 20:1-67. [PMID: 33721243 PMCID: PMC7816068 DOI: 10.1007/s43630-020-00001-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
Abstract
This assessment by the Environmental Effects Assessment Panel (EEAP) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) provides the latest scientific update since our most recent comprehensive assessment (Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, 2019, 18, 595-828). The interactive effects between the stratospheric ozone layer, solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation, and climate change are presented within the framework of the Montreal Protocol and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. We address how these global environmental changes affect the atmosphere and air quality; human health; terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems; biogeochemical cycles; and materials used in outdoor construction, solar energy technologies, and fabrics. In many cases, there is a growing influence from changes in seasonality and extreme events due to climate change. Additionally, we assess the transmission and environmental effects of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, in the context of linkages with solar UV radiation and the Montreal Protocol.
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- R E Neale
- Population Health Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- Biological Sciences and Environmental Program, Loyola University New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Organismal and Evolutionary Biology (OEB), Viikki Plant Sciences Centre (ViPS), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Biology, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA
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- ORD/CEMM, US Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, GA, USA
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- School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
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- Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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- Biospherical Instruments Inc, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Physics, Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Ptersa Environmental Consultants, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Unidad Académica de Sistemas Arrecifales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Puerto Morelos, México
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- Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- The University of Sydney, School of Medical Sciences, Discipline of Applied Medical Science, Sydney, Australia
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- Environment and Natural Resources, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Ås, Norway
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- Department of Biology, Friedrich-Alexander University, Möhrendorf, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Centre for Ecology and Evolution in Microbial model Systems-EEMiS, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden.
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- School of BEES, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Antarctic Climate Program, Australian Antarctic Division, Kingston, Australia
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- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Lauder, New Zealand
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- The Institute for Global Risk Research, LLC, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Centre of Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, University of La Rioja, Logroño, Spain
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- Cancer Control Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of Wood Properties and Uses, Institute of Wood Science and Technology, Bangalore, India
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- Photobiology Unit, Dermatology Research Centre, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future, Global Challenges Program and School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA
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- IUF-Leibniz Institute of Environmental Medicine, Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Centre for Toxicology, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
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- Academic Guest Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Duebendorf, Switzerland
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria
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- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shenyang, China
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Bee America, 5409 Mohican Rd, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia
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- St John's Institute of Dermatology, King's College London, London, UK
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
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- Center for Advanced Low-Dimension Materials, Donghua University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Donghua University, Shanghai, China
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