Ozone and UV Research and Monitoring Activities in the Czech Republic

International aspects emphasized

Karel Vanicek

Czech Hydrometeorological InstituteMinistry of the Environment of the Czech Republic

The 7-th Meeting of Ozone Research Managers for the Vienna ConventionGeneva, 19-21 May, 2008

MZP CR

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The Solar and Ozone ObservatoryHeadec Kralove, since 1962

Dobson and Brewer spectophotometers

Observational ActivitiesMonitoring of Total Ozone

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Observational ActivitiesMonitoring Vertical Profiles of Ozone

The Upper Air Department of CHMIPrague – Libus, since 1978

ECC ozone sondes, Vaisala facility

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Observational ActivitiesMonitoring of UV Solar Radiation

Spectral irradiances – UV scansBrewer MK-III, Hradec Kralove, since 1994

Erythemal UV irradiationUV-Biometers, 3 sites since 1995

Yearly Sums of Erythemal UV irradiation Hradec Kralove

1964-1994 modelled, 1965-2006 measured

Dissemination of Products

Ozone and UV public information systemDaily reports to media, web pages of CHMI, http://www.chmi.cz/meteo/ozon/UV_online.html

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Research and Development Projects in 2005-2008

CANDIDOZ: “Chemical and Dynamical Influences on Decadal Ozone Change”. EC FP-5, 2002-2005

ENV-CR: “Maintenance of the Network for Monitoring of the Ozone Layer in Developing Countries” Project of the Ministry for Environment of the Czech Republic, 2004-2006

MATCH: International ozone sonde campaigns for the quantification of polar chemical ozone loss Multinational funding. Every winter/spring since 1998.

COST-726: “Long term changes and climatology of UV radiation over Europe”. EC coordinated, 2004-2009

SCOUT-O3: “Stratospheric-Climate Links with Emphasis on the UTLS”. EC FP-6, 2004-2009

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International Cooperation - GAW

The GAW Regional Dobson Calibration Centre – Europe (RDCCE)

Bilateral cooperation between MOHp Hohenpeissenberg and SOO Hradec Kralove, since 1999

The recent assisted activities

• DIC-Africa, Dahab 2004

• DIC-Asia – assistance to the RDCC-A, Tsukuba, 2007

• Re-location of the Dobsons to Maun, Botswana, 2005 and Nairobi, Kenya, 2006

• Maintenance of the Dobson web site: http://www.chmi.cz/meteo/ozon/dobsonweb/welcome.htm

• Absolute calibration of European and World Dobson references, Izana, Sep. 2008

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Capacity BuildingMaintenance of the ozone network in developing countries

• Training, software and hardware tools, calibrations, re-evaluation• Co-ordination with ENV/WMO and SAG-Ozone• 26 stations in 17 countries assisted by missions in 1996-2007• Total costs ~ 120k USD by the Czech Government

International Cooperation - GAW

A pilot re-evaluation of the data from Bangkok, 2006

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International Cooperation EU

Global Monitoring for Environment and Security Atmosphere Service (GMES-GAS)

The GAS will provide information on atmospheric variables in support of EU policies, Services will cover air quality, climate change, stratospheric ozone and solar radiation

A long-term (decades) important source for ground and satellite ozone and UV observation systems in Europe and the surroundings

Participation of Czech experts on definition of the Implementation Plan for the In-situ (ground) Ozone and UV monitoring system

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Recommendations for the 7ORM Report

Data Quality

A technological workshop on re-evaluation of total ozone observations from stations identified by the the DQ Panel, 2007 should be organized by WMO and co-sponsored by MP Trust Fund. Programme of the workshop and scientific guidance to be provided by the SAG-Ozone.

Capacity Building

Contributions donated to the MP Trust Fund and other supports provided to the Capacity Building by individual countries/agencies should be used for apriory specified actions. Priority should be given to realization of intercomparisons and calibration missions (DIC Africa 2008, Asia 2010, South America 2010), to relocation of unused instruments mainly to stations in the tropics and Central Asia and to data re-evaluation activities recommended by the SAG-Ozone