Select Publications

See below for a select list of scientific research publications. 

SPUV

Gillotay, Didier & Bolsée, David & De Backer, Hugo & Besnard, Thierry. (2003). The UV Climatology in Belgium Determined from Ground Based UV Monitoring. Download 

SQM

Meister, G., Abel, P., Carder, K., Chapin, A., Clark, D., Cooper, J., ... Yungel, J. (2003). The second SIMBIOS Radiometric Intercomparison (SIMRIC-2), March-November 2002. NASA Technical Memorandum, VOL 2(210006 VOL 2), 1-65. Download

UVB-1/UVA-1

Gao, Wei & M. Heislerc, Gordon & R. Slusser, James. (2003). Ultraviolet-B radiation in a row-crop canopy: An extended 1-D model. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology - AGR Forest Meteorol. 120. 10.1016/j.agrformet.2003.08.026. Download

Reddy, K & Kakani, Vijaya & Zhao, Duli & Koti, Sailaja & Gao, Wei. (2004). Interactive Effects of Ultraviolet-B Radiation and Temperature on Cotton Physiology, Growth, Development and Hyperspectral Reflectance. Photochemistry and photobiology. 79. 416-27. 10.1562/2003-11-19-RA.1. Download

Gao, Wei & Zheng, Youfei & R Slusser, James & M Heisler, Gordon. (2003). Impact of enhanced ultraviolet-B irradiance on cotton growth, development, yield, and qualities under field conditions. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 120. 241-248. 10.1016/j.agrformet.2003.08.019. Download

Koti, Sailaja & Reddy, K & Kakani, Vijaya & Zhao, Debin & Gao, W. (2007). Effects of carbon dioxide, temperature and ultraviolet-B radiation and their interactions on soybean (Glycine max L.) growth and development. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 60. 1-10. 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2006.05.001. Download

G Milchunas, Daniel & King, Jennifer & R Mosier, Arvin & C Moore, John & A Morgan, Jack & H Quirk, Meghan & R Slusser, James. (2004). UV Radiation Effects on Plant Growth and Forage Quality in a Shortgrass Steppe Ecosystem. Photochemistry and photobiology. 79. 404-10. 10.1562/0031-8655(2004)79<404:SUREOP>2.0.CO;2. Download

Frederick, J.E., Slusser, J.R., & Bigelow, D.S. (2000). Annual and interannual behavior of solar ultraviolet irradiance revealed by broadband measurements. Photochemistry and photobiology, 72 4, 488-96 .by Broadband Measurements. Download

Krizek, D. T., & Gao, W. (2004). Ultraviolet radiation and terrestrial ecosystems. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 81(5), 1021-1026. Download

Lantz, Kathleen & Disterhoft, Patrick & J. Deluisi, John & Early, Edward & Thompson, Ambler & Bigelow, Dave & Slusser, James. (1999). Methodology for Deriving Clear-Sky Erythemal Calibration Factors for UV Broadband Radiometers of the U.S. Central UV Calibration Facility. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology - J ATMOS OCEAN TECHNOL. 16. 1736-1752. 10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<1736:MFDCSE>2.0.CO;2. Download

Heisler, G. M., Grant, R. H., & Gao, W. (2003). Individual-and scattered-tree influences on ultraviolet irradiance. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 120(1-4), 113-126. Download

Heisler, G. M., Grant, R. H., & Gao, W. (2003). Ultraviolet radiation and its impacts on agriculture and forests. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 120: 3-7., 120. Download

McKenzie, R., Smale, D., & Kotkamp, M. (2004). Relationship between UVB and erythemally weighted radiation. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 3(3), 252-256. Download

MFRSR

Plana-Fattori, A., Dubuisson, P., Fomin, B. A., & de Paula Corrêa, M. (2004). Estimating the atmospheric water vapor content from multi-filter rotating shadow-band radiometry at Sao Paulo, Brazil. Atmospheric research, 71(3), 171-192. Download

Qiu, J., Yang, L., & Zhang, X. (2004). Characteristics of the imaginary part and single-scattering albedo of urban aerosols in northern China. Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 56(3), 276-284. Download

Petters, J. L., Saxena, V. K., Slusser, J. R., Wenny, B. N., & Madronich, S. (2003). Aerosol single scattering albedo retrieved from measurements of surface UV irradiance and a radiative transfer model. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 108(D9). Download

UVMFR/RSS/BAMS

Lantz, K., Disterhoft, P., Early, E., Thompson, A., DeLuisi, J., Berndt, J., ... & Cabasug, L. (2002). The 1997 North American interagency intercomparison of ultraviolet spectroradiometers including narrowband filter radiometers. Journal of research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 107(1), 19. Download

Kimlin, M. G., Slusser, J. R., Schallhorn, K. A., Lantz, K. O., & Meltzer, R. S. (2005). Comparison of ultraviolet data from colocated instruments from the US EPA Brewer Spectrophotometer Network and the US Department of Agriculture UV-B Monitoring and Research Program. Optical Engineering, 44(4), 041009. Download

Krotkov, N. A., Bhartia, P. K., Herman, J. R., Slusser, J. R., Labow, G. J., Scott, G. R., ... & Holben, B. N. (2005). Aerosol ultraviolet absorption experiment (2002 to 2004), part 1: ultraviolet multifilter rotating shadowband radiometer calibration and intercomparison with CIMEL sunphotometers. Optical Engineering, 44(4), 041004. Download

Krotkov, N. A., Bhartia, P. K., Herman, J. R., Slusser, J. R., Scott, G. R., Labow, G. J., ... & Holben, B. N. (2005). Aerosol ultraviolet absorption experiment (2002 to 2004), part 2: absorption optical thickness, refractive index, and single scattering albedo. Optical Engineering, 44(4), 041005. Download

Slusser, J., Gibson, J., Bigelow, D., Kolinski, D., Disterhoft, P., Lantz, K., & Beaubien, A. (2000). Langley method of calibrating UV filter radiometers. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 4841-4849. Download

Wetzel, M. A., & Slusser, J. R. (2003, November). Mesoscale distributions of UV spectral irradiance obtained by merging satellite remote sensing and ground-based measurements. In Ultraviolet Ground-and Space-based Measurements, Models, and Effects III (Vol. 5156, pp. 291-302). International Society for Optics and Photonics. Download

Vuilleumier, L., Harley, R. A., Brown, N. J., Slusser, J. R., Kolinski, D., & Bigelow, D. S. (2001). Variability in ultraviolet total optical depth during the Southern California Ozone Study (SCOS97). Atmospheric Environment, 35(6), 1111-1122. Download

Janson, G. T., & Slusser, J. R. (2003, November). Long-term stability of UV multifilter rotating shadowband radiometers. In Ultraviolet Ground-and Space-based Measurements, Models, and Effects III (Vol. 5156, pp. 94-100). International Society for Optics and Photonics. Download

Petters, J. L., Saxena, V. K., Slusser, J. R., Wenny, B. N., & Madronich, S. (2003). Aerosol single scattering albedo retrieved from measurements of surface UV irradiance and a radiative transfer model. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 108(D9). Download

Goering, C. D., L'Ecuyer, T. S., Stephens, G. L., Slusser, J. R., Scott, G., Davis, J., ... & Madronich, S. (2005). Simultaneous retrievals of column ozone and aerosol optical properties from direct and diffuse solar irradiance measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 110(D5). Download

Slusser, J., Gibson, J., Bigelow, D., Kolinski, D., Mou, W., Koenig, G., & Beaubien, A. (1999). Comparison of column ozone retrievals by use of an UV multifilter rotating shadow-band radiometer with those from Brewer and Dobson spectrophotometers. Applied Optics, 38(9), 1543-1551. Download

Bigelow, D. S., & Slusser, J. R. (2000). Establishing the stability of multifilter UV rotating shadow‐band radiometers. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 105(D4), 4833-4840. Download

Wetzel, M. A., & Borys, R. D. 11.1 Effects of Clouds, Surface Albedo and Ozone Variations on Ultraviolet Radiation Climatology at Storm Peak Laboratory. Download

Wang, X., Gao, W., Slusser, J. R., Davis, J., Gao, Z., Scott, G., ... & Liang, X. Z. (2006, September). Spectral distribution of UV-B irradiance derived by synthetic model compared with simulation results of TUV and ground measurements. In Remote Sensing and Modeling of Ecosystems for Sustainability III (Vol. 6298, p. 62980L). International Society for Optics and Photonics. Download