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Thomas C. Long

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• Research Article
  A Pilot Study to Identify Factors Affecting UV-B Radiation Exposure in Selected Microenvironments
  Author(s): Ted R. Johnson, Thomas C. Long and William F. Barnard Ted R. Johnson, Thomas C. Long and William F. Barnard
  
  A pilot study was conducted to test a protocol for collecting data useful for identifying local factors affecting exposure to ultraviolet-B radiation (UV-B). A trained technician followed a prepared script through a series of microenvironments representing varying conditions of overhead shielding and ground cover while collecting UV-B irradiance and related data on days selected to represent varying conditions of solar radiation, cloud cover, groundlevel ozone concentration, and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentration. The resulting data were combined with air pollution, UV-B, and meteorological data obtained from local fixed-site monitoring stations and analyzed to identify the principal factors affecting (1) UVI (UV Index) measured by the Safe Sun monitor and (2) fixed-site UV-B. Results of these analyses indicated that the best predictors of UVI were degree of shielding, sola.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-6755.1000136

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