Long-term UV dosimeter based on polyvinyl chloride for plant damage effective UV exposure measurements

Parisi, Alfio V.; Amar, Abdurazaq; Igoe, Damien P.

doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2017.05.012

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“…Now, improved dosimeters are being developed with respect to their longevity 312 and wavelength dependence, 313 for use with plants as well as for materials and humans. One such new UV-B dosimeter, made from unstabilised polyvinyl chloride (PVC), 314 complements an existing UV-A dosimeter manufactured using 8-methoxypsoralen. 312 This presents an opportunity to compare in tandem UV-B and UV-A radiation doses received by leaves at different angles and exposures within a canopy.…”

Section: The Availability Of Small Lightweight Cost-effective Uv-b Dosimeters That Can Be Placed On Leaves May Improve Spatial Resolutionmentioning

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Environmental effects of ozone depletion, UV radiation and interactions with climate change: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, update 2017

Bernhard

Neale

Barnes

et al. 2018

Photochem Photobiol Sci

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107

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The Environmental Effects Assessment Panel (EEAP) is one of three Panels of experts that inform the Parties to the Montreal Protocol. The EEAP focuses on the effects of UV radiation on human health, terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, air quality, and materials, as well as on the interactive effects of UV radiation and global climate change. When considering the effects of climate change, it has become clear that processes resulting in changes in stratospheric ozone are more complex than previously held. Because of the Montreal Protocol, there are now indications of the beginnings of a recovery of stratospheric ozone, although the time required to reach levels like those before the 1960s is still uncertain, particularly as the effects of stratospheric ozone on climate change and vice versa, are not yet fully understood. Some regions will likely receive enhanced levels of UV radiation, while other areas will likely experience a reduction in UV radiation as ozone- and climate-driven changes affect the amounts of UV radiation reaching the Earth's surface. Like the other Panels, the EEAP produces detailed Quadrennial Reports every four years; the most recent was published as a series of seven papers in 2015 (Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2015, 14, 1-184). In the years in between, the EEAP produces less detailed and shorter Update Reports of recent and relevant scientific findings. The most recent of these was for 2016 (Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2017, 16, 107-145). The present 2017 Update Report assesses some of the highlights and new insights about the interactive nature of the direct and indirect effects of UV radiation, atmospheric processes, and climate change. A full 2018 Quadrennial Assessment, will be made available in 2018/2019.

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Section: The Availability Of Small Lightweight Cost-effective Uv-b Dosimeters That Can Be Placed On Leaves May Improve Spatial Resolutionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental effects of ozone depletion, UV radiation and interactions with climate change: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, update 2017

Bernhard

Neale

Barnes

et al. 2018

Photochem Photobiol Sci

203

107

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Using the NASA Giovanni System to Assess and Evaluate Remotely-Sensed and Model Data Variables Relevant to Public Health Issues

Acker

2022

Geospatial Technology for Human Well-Being and Health

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Ultraviolet radiation thin film dosimetry: A review of properties and applications

Parisi,

Downs,

Schouten

et al. 2024

Photochem & Photobiology

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Spectroradiometry, radiometry, and dosimetry are employed for the measurement of ultraviolet radiation (UVR) irradiance and non‐ionizing exposure. Different types of UVR dosimeter have been developed for measuring personal and environmental UVR exposures since film dosimetry was pioneered in the 1970s. An important type of dosimeter is the thin film variant, which contains materials that undergo changes in optical absorbance when exposed to UVR. These changes can be measured at a specific wavelength using a spectrophotometer. Thin film dosimeters allow UVR exposure measurements on humans at various body sites during daily activities, as well as on plants, animals, and any sites of interest when utilized in a field environment. This review examines the properties and applications of five types of thin film UVR dosimeter that have different dynamic exposure limits and spectral responses. Polysulphone, with a spectral response approximating the human erythema action spectrum, was one of the first materials employed in thin film form for the measurement of UVR exposures up to 1 day, and up to 6 days with an extended dynamic range filter. Polyphenylene oxide has been characterized and employed for personal UVR exposure measurements up to approximately four summer days and has also been used for long‐term underwater UVR exposures. Phenothiazine and 8‐methoxypsoralen have been reported as suitable for the measurement of longer wavelength UVA exposures. Finally, polyvinyl chloride with an extended dynamic exposure range of over 3 weeks has been shown to have predominantly a spectral response in the UVB and extending up to 340 nm.

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Long-term UV dosimeter based on polyvinyl chloride for plant damage effective UV exposure measurements

Cited by 4 publications

References 28 publications

Environmental effects of ozone depletion, UV radiation and interactions with climate change: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, update 2017

Environmental effects of ozone depletion, UV radiation and interactions with climate change: UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel, update 2017

Using the NASA Giovanni System to Assess and Evaluate Remotely-Sensed and Model Data Variables Relevant to Public Health Issues

Ultraviolet radiation thin film dosimetry: A review of properties and applications

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