SAVER-NET UV-TOTAL SOLAR IRRADIANCE MONITORING NETWORK IN ARGENTINA

FACUNDO ORTE; ELIAN WOLFRAM; EDUARDO LUCCINI; RAÚL D'ELIA; ANABELA LUSI; JUAN PALLOTTA; FERNANDO NOLLAS; FACUNDO CARMONA; SEBASTIÁN PAPANDREA; MARCELO CABEZAS; GERARDO CARBAJAL BENÍTEZ; AKIRA MIZUNO

METEOROLOGICA

CENTRO ARGENTINO DE METEORÓLOGOS

Lugar: Buenos Aires; Año: 2021

0325-187X

Its integration into a network under standardized protocols has, in turn, worthy benefits including the possibility to characterize geographically the solar radiation levels in large regions. Recently, an integrated UV-Total solar irradiance monitoring network has been deployed in Argentina in 8 stations with new instruments, measurement sites, and protocols into the frame of the Saver-Net project (Japan, Argentina, and Chile) carried out during the period 2013-2018. The network is managed by the Argentine Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (SMN) and Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas para la Defensa (CITEDEF - UNIDEF). In this paper, the structure, capability and several initial achievements of the Argentine UV-Total solar irradiance monitoring network are described with the aim to make these databases available to the scientific community for their broad use in basic and applied research. In addition, the irradiance characterization at each monitoring node of the network is presented. Extreme values over 1000 Wm-2 of Total solar irradiance, 60 Wm-2 of UVA solar irradiance and UV Index of 9 are registered even in the southernmost stations, with their consequent signification for the practical applications of the solar energy and health implications such as the risk to cause erythema.