National Report on the ongoing and planned Ozone/UV monitoring and research in Argentina 2005-2008

EDUARDO LUCCINI; PABLO CANZIANI

Ginebra, Suiza

Congreso; 7th Meeting of the Ozone Research Managers of the Parties to the Vienna Convention; 2008

World Meteorological Organization - United Nations Environment Programme

The frequent overpass of the Antarctic Ozone Hole each spring, the extreme UV radiation levels over the northwestern Andean Plateau and their effects put the territory of the Argentine Republic at a strategic situation in studies of atmospheric ozone and solar UV radiation. Research of Argentine institutions in these subjects has an increasing development, both within national projects and in collaboration within international projects, including monitoring and modeling of ozone, UV radiation and related parameters. Argentine is also suffering the consequences of the Global Climate Change, and the increasing evidence of ozone-climate interactions imply that the subject must be taken in an even wider context. The present report is an update of the activities in Argentina and spans the period 2005-2008.