• Real-time UV index retrieval in Europe using Earth observation-based techniques: system description and quality assessment 

      Kosmopoulos, Panagiotis G.; Kazadzis, Stelios; Schmalwieser, Alois W.; Raptis, Panagiotis I.; Papachristopoulou, Kyriakoula; Fountoulakis, Ilias; Masoom, Akriti; Bais, Alkiviadis F.; Bilbao, Julia; Blumthaler, Mario; Kreuter, Axel; Siani, Anna Maria; Eleftheratos, Kostas; Topaloglou, Chrystanthi; Gröbner, Julian; Johnsen, Bjørn; Svendby, Tove Marit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      This study introduces an Earth observation (EO)-based system which is capable of operationally estimating and continuously monitoring the ultraviolet index (UVI) in Europe. UVIOS (i.e., UV-Index Operating System) exploits ...
    • An Unprecedented Arctic Ozone Depletion Event During Spring 2020 and Its Impacts Across Europe 

      Petkov, Boyan H.; Vitale, Vito; Di Carlo, Piero; Drofa, Oxana; Mastrangelo, Daniele; Smedley, Andrew R.D.; Diemoz, Henri; Siani, Anna-Maria; Fountoulakis, Ilias; Webb, Ann R; Bais, Alkiviadis; Kift, Richard; Rimmer, John; Hansen, Georg Heinrich; Svendby, Tove Marit; Pazmino, Andrea; Werner, Rolf; Atanassov, Atanas M.; Láska, Kamil; De Backer, Hugo; Mangold, Alexander; Köhler, Ulf; Velazco, Voltaire A.; Stübi, René; Solomatnikova, Anna; Pavlova, Kseniya; Sobolewski, Piotr S.; Johnsen, Bjørn; Goutail, Florence; Misaga, Oliver; Aruffo, Eleonora; Metelka, Ladislav; Tóth, Zoltán; Fekete, Dénes; Aculinin, Alexandr A.; Lupi, Angelo; Mazzola, Mauro; Zardi, Federico (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The response of the ozone column across Europe to the extreme 2020 Arctic ozone depletion was examined by analyzing ground-based observations at 38 European stations. The ozone decrease at the northernmost site, Ny-Ålesund ...
    • Validation of the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) surface UV radiation product 

      Lakkala, Kaisa; Kujanpää, Jukka; Brogniez, Colette; Henriot, Nicolas; Arola, Antti; Aun, Margit; Auriol, Frédérique; Bais, Alkiviadis F.; Bernhard, Germar; De Bock, Veerle; Catalfamo, Maxime; Deroo, Christine; Diémoz, Henri; Egli, Luca; Forestier, Jean-Baptiste; Fountoulakis, Ilias; Garane, Katerina; Garcia, Rosa Delia; Gröbner, Julian; Hassinen, Seppo; Heikkilä, Anu; Henderson, Stuart; Hülsen, Gregor; Johnsen, Bjørn; Kalakoski, Niilo; Karanikolas, Angelos; Karppinen, Tomi; Lamy, Kevin; León-Luis, Sergio F.; Lindfors, Anders V.; Metzger, Jean-Marc; Minvielle, Fanny; Muskatel, Harel B.; Portafaix, Thierry; Redondas, Alberto; Sanchez, Ricardo; Siani, Anna Maria; Svendby, Tove Marit; Tamminen, Johanna (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) onboard the Sentinel-5 Precursor (S5P) satellite was launched on 13 October 2017 to provide the atmospheric composition for atmosphere and climate research. The S5P is a ...