Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics www.atmos-chem-phys.net 1680-7316 1680-7324 9 4 2009 10.5194/acp-9-1165-2009 http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/9/1165/2009/ http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/9/1165/2009/acp-9-1165-2009.html http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/9/1165/2009/acp-9-1165-2009.pdf 1165 1172 2009-02-16 Clear sky UV simulations for the 21st century based on ozone and temperature projections from Chemistry-Climate Models K. Tourpali tourpali@auth.gr A. F. Bais A. Kazantzidis C. S. Zerefos H. Akiyoshi J. Austin C. Brühl N. Butchart M. P. Chipperfield M. Dameris M. Deushi V. Eyring M. A. Giorgetta D. E. Kinnison E. Mancini D. R. Marsh T. Nagashima G. Pitari D. A. Plummer E. Rozanov K. Shibata W. Tian Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Laboratory of Climatology, Faculty of Geology, University of Athens, Greece National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan UCAR/NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey, USA Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Mainz, Germany Met Office Climate Research Division, Exeter, UK Institute for Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds, UK Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan Max-Plank-Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg, Germany National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA Università L'Aquila, Dipartimento di Fisica, L'Aquila, Italy Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science ETHZ and Physical-Meteorological Observatory, Davos, World Radiation Centre, Switzerland We have estimated changes in surface solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation under cloud free conditions in the 21st century based on simulations of 11 coupled Chemistry-Climate Models (CCMs). The total ozone columns and vertical profiles of ozone and temperature projected from CCMs were used as input to a radiative transfer model in order to calculate the corresponding erythemal irradiance levels. Time series of monthly erythemal irradiance received at the surface during local noon are presented for the period 1960 to 2100. Starting from the first decade of the 21st century, the surface erythemal irradiance decreases globally as a result of the projected stratospheric ozone recovery at rates that are larger in the first half of the 21st century and smaller towards its end. This decreasing tendency varies with latitude, being more pronounced over areas where stratospheric ozone has been depleted the most after 1980. Between 2000 and 2100 surface erythemal irradiance is projected to decrease over midlatitudes by 5 to 15%, while at the southern high latitudes the decrease is twice as much. 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