Articles | Volume 12, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-2787-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-2787-2020
Data description paper
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14 Nov 2020
Data description paper |  | 14 Nov 2020

Monitoring of solar spectral ultraviolet irradiance in Aosta, Italy

Ilias Fountoulakis, Henri Diémoz, Anna Maria Siani, Gregor Hülsen, and Julian Gröbner

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In this study we discuss the procedures and the technical aspects which ensure the high quality of the measurements of the global solar ultraviolet (UV) irradiance performed by a Bentham spectroradiometer located at Aosta–Saint-Christophe (north-western Alps), Italy. This particular instrument is the reference for the Aosta Valley UV monitoring network, which is the first UV monitoring network in Italy. The final spectra constitute one of the most accurate datasets globally.
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