Welcome to the NSF Polar UV Monitoring Network Web Site!

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Ultraviolet (UV) Monitoring Network was established in 1987 by the NSF Division of Polar Programs in response to serious ozone depletion reported in Antarctica. Biospherical Instruments installed the first instruments in 1988 and has operated the network since then. The network is providing data to researchers studying the effects of ozone depletion on terrestrial and marine biological systems. Network data is also used for the validation of satellite observations and for the verification of models describing the transfer of radiation through the atmosphere.

Shortcuts Updates on UV irradiance levels View and download our latest data and track changes in UV at our Antarctic sites as the ozone hole progresses. Download and order network data products "Version 0" data of Volume 16 for all sites as well as final Volume 17 data for McMurdo, Palmer, South Pole, Ushuaia and San Diego are now online (Login required). Version 2 NSF network data Access our latest data release!

What's new? A paper comparing Version 2 data from Summit, South Pole, and Barrow has been published by Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics and is available here. (8/18/08) A paper reporting on results of an intercomparison of the SUV-100 spectroradiometer at McMurdo and an instrument of New Zealand's National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research has been published in the the Journal of Geophysical Research and is available here. (8/15/08) Version 2 data for Ushuaia are now online. (3/3/08) A summary of the 2007 ozone hole season is available here. (2/28/08) A paper introducing Version 2 data from Barrow has been published by Journal of Geophysical Research and is available here. (5/18/07) Version 2 data for Summit are now online. (5/1/07) A summary of the 2006 ozone hole season is available here. (1/8/07) The instrument at Palmer Station was relocated from building T-5 to the new "TerraLab" in April 2006. (5/25/06)

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