Issue 6, 2008

Modelling ultraviolet exposures in a school environment

Abstract

A technique has been developed to represent erythemally effective ultraviolet radiation exposure within a school environment. The technique models the erythemally effective exposure onto a horizontal plane representation of a mapped school environment located in Hervey Bay (25° S, 153° E), Australia. The input parameters used to model the ultraviolet exposures received within the school playground included the measured sky view, ground albedo and standing surface albedo. Estimates of the erythemally effective ultraviolet exposure received within the school playground during morning tea and lunch time meal breaks during a winter and summer school day are presented. The influence of tree shade and building structure was found to vary significantly with solar zenith angle modelled over the winter and summer school meal break times with horizontal plane exposures predicted to vary from between 0 and 7 SED at different locations within the playground. The technique presented provides a method that can be followed to examine the effect of surrounding buildings and surface structures of real environments on the predicted horizontal plane ultraviolet exposure.

Graphical abstract: Modelling ultraviolet exposures in a school environment

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
31 Jan 2008
Accepted
14 Apr 2008
First published
30 Apr 2008

Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2008,7, 700-710

Modelling ultraviolet exposures in a school environment

N. Downs, A. Parisi, J. Turner and D. Turnbull, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2008, 7, 700 DOI: 10.1039/B801685B

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