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I'm looking for some UV data (currently with no spatial or temporal resolutions in mind, but ideally split into UV-A and UV-B) for the whole earth. Can anyone recommend a source for data like this or point me in the right direction?

Any help much appreciated.

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World Ozone and Ultraviolet Radiation Data Centre (WOUDC)

http://www.woudc.org/data_e.html

The UV data archive contains the following data categories:

Broad-band
Multi-band
Spectral

Spectral UV

FTP ftp://ftp.tor.ec.gc.ca/Summaries/Spectral_UV/

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Thanks for the information. I'm trying to access the ftp site but get permission denied...where can I sign up for an account or are there guest credentials that I can use? – JPD Aug 31 '12 at 8:10
go through woudc.org/data_e.html and just accept the agreement then you have access. – Mapperz♦ Aug 31 '12 at 13:25

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