Spectral distribution of global and diffuse solar radiation in Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen

Diffuse solar ultraviolet radiation.

The solar UV exposure to the eyes of humans is due to the direct and diffuse components of solar radiation. The direct ocular UV exposures to the eyes are reduced due to the natural aversion of the majority of people from looking directly at the sun. The diffuse UV is incident from all directions and as a result, it is more difficult to minimise the ocular exposure to this component of the sola...

Report to the NDSC Steering Committee Ny - Ålesund , August 1997

The following NDSC stations have been included as ozonesonde stations so far and are supposed to deliver sonde data to the NDSC data base: Ny-Ålesund, Thule, Eureka, Observatoire de Haute Provence, Mauna Loa, Lauder, Dumont d’Urville, McMurdo, South Pole. One should consider whether more stations should be included as there are more NDSC stations with ozonesonde facilities either at the site or...

Diversity and distribution of lichen-associated fungi in the Ny-Ålesund Region (Svalbard, High Arctic) as revealed by 454 pyrosequencing

This study assessed the diversity and distribution of fungal communities associated with seven lichen species in the Ny-Ålesund Region (Svalbard, High Arctic) using Roche 454 pyrosequencing with fungal-specific primers targeting the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the ribosomal rRNA gene. Lichen-associated fungal communities showed high diversity, with a total of 42,259 reads belong...

Distributions and impact factors of antimony in topsoils and moss in Ny-Ålesund, Arctic.

The distribution of antimony (Sb) in topsoil and moss (Dicranum angustum) in disturbed and undisturbed areas, as well as coal and gangue, in Ny-Ålesund, Arctic was examined. Results show that the weathering of coal bed could not contribute to the increase of Sb concentrations in topsoil and moss in the study area. The distribution of Sb is partially associated with traffic and historical mining...

Correlation and Persistence in Global Solar Radiation