A new method for estimating UV fluxes at ground level in cloud-free conditions

Wandji Nyamsi, William; Pitkänen, Mikko R. A.; Aoun, Youva; Blanc, Philippe; Heikkilä, Anu; Lakkala, Kaisa; Bernhard, Germar; Koskela, Tapani; Lindfors, Anders V.; Arola, Antti; Wald, Lucien

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-4965-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-4965-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-4965-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 12

Research article

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19 Dec 2017

Research article |

| 19 Dec 2017

A new method for estimating UV fluxes at ground level in cloud-free conditions

William Wandji Nyamsi, Mikko R. A. Pitkänen, Youva Aoun, Philippe Blanc, Anu Heikkilä, Kaisa Lakkala, Germar Bernhard, Tapani Koskela, Anders V. Lindfors, Antti Arola, and Lucien Wald

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RC1: 'Review of the manuscript 'A new method for estimating UV fluxes at ground level in cloud-free conditions' by Wandji Nyamsi et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 24 Aug 2017
- AC1: 'ANSWERS TO REFEREE #3', William Wandji Nyamsi, 03 Nov 2017
RC2: 'Review of “A new method for estimating UV fluxes at ground level in cloud-free conditions” by Wandji Nyamsi et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 28 Aug 2017
- AC2: 'ANSWERS TO REFEREE #1', William Wandji Nyamsi, 03 Nov 2017
RC3: 'Review of manuscript by Wandji Nyamsi et al', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Sep 2017
- AC3: 'ANSWERS TO REFEREE #2', William Wandji Nyamsi, 03 Nov 2017

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ED: Publish as is (06 Nov 2017) by Alexander Kokhanovsky

AR by William Wandji on behalf of the Authors (07 Nov 2017)

Short summary

This paper proposes a new, fast and accurate method for estimating UV fluxes at ground level in cloud-free conditions at any place and time. The method performs very well with the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service products as inputs describing the state of the atmosphere. An accuracy that is close to the uncertainty of the measurements themselves is reached. We believe that our research will be widely used in the near future.