Publications and Proceedings Papers

R. McKenzie, G. Scott, J. Slusser, K. Lantz, Geographical Differences in Erythemally-weighted UV measured at mid-latitude USDA Sites, J. Geophys. Res., submitted, 2005

K. Lantz, P. Disterhoft, C. Wilson, G. Janson, J. Slusser, Out of Band Rejection Studies of the UV multi-filter rotating shadow-band radiometers, Proceedings of SPIE, Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmopshere, Vol. 5979, 59791N-1, 2005

P. Disterhoft, Stability Characteristics of 1000 W FEL-type QTH lamps during the seasoning and screening process, Proceedings of SPIE, Ultraviolet Ground and Space-based Measurements Models, and Effects V, San Diego, CA, Vol. 5886, 2005.

M. Kimlin, J. Slusser, K. Lantz, Comparison of ultraviolet data from co-located instruments from the US EPA Brewer Spectrophotometer Network and the USDA UVB Monitoring and Research Program, Opt. Eng, 44, 2005.

J. Hicke, J. Slusser, K. Lantz, Studies in surface UV-B radiation over 7-10 years observed across the United States, Opt. Eng., in progress, 2005.

G. Bernhard, A. Bais, M. Blumthaler, C. R. Booth, K. Lantz, R. L., McKenzie, G. Seckmeyer, Instruments to measure solar ultraviolet radiation, Part 3: Multi-channel moderate-bandwidth filter instruments, World Meteorological Report, in preparation, 2005.

G. Seckmeyer, A. Bais, G. Bernhard, M. Blumthaler, C. R. Booth, P. Erikson, K. Lantz, R. L., McKenzie, C. Roy, Instruments to measure solar ultraviolet radiation, Part 2: Broadband instruments measuring erythemally weighted solar irradiance, World Meteorological Report 164, WMO TD 1289, 2005.

J. A. Hicke, J. Slusser, K. Lantz, Long-term variability in surface UV-B radiation across the United States, Proceedings of SPIE, Ultraviolet Ground and Space-based Measurements Models, and Effects IV, Vol. 5545, 7-16, 2004.

G. Janson, J. Slusser, G. Scott, P. Disterhoft, K. Lantz, Long-term stability of UV multifilter rotating shadowband radiometers, Part 2:  lamp calibrations versus the Langley method, Proceedings of SPIE, Ultraviolet Ground and Space-based Measurements Models, and Effects IV, Vol. 5545, 43-48, 2004.

G. Seckmeyer, A. Bais, G. Bernhard, M. Blumthaler, C. R. Booth, P. Disterhoft, P. Erikson, R. L., McKenzie, M. Miyauchi, C. Roy, Instruments to measure solar ultraviolet radiation, Part 1: Spectral instruments, World Meteorological Report 125, WMO TD 1066, 2001.

Di Sarra A., P. Disterhoft, and J. J. DeLuisi, On the Importance of Spectral Responsivity of Robertson-Berger-type Ultraviolet Radiometers for Long-Term Observations, Photochem. Photobiol, 76, 64-72, 2002.

DeLuisi, J. D. Theisen, J. Augustine, P. Disterhoft, K. Lantz, E. Weatherhead, G. Hodges, C. Cornwall, A. Stevermer, D. Wellman, J. Barnett, On the Correspondence between Surface UV Observations and TOMS Determinations of Surface UV: A Potential Method for Quality Evaluating World Surface UV Observations, J. Annali di Geofisica, accepted, 2002.

K. Lantz, P. Disterhoft, E. Early, A. Thompson, J. DeLuisi, P. Kiedron, L. Harrison, J. Berndt, W. Mou, T. J. Erhamjian, L. Cabausua, J. Robertson, D. Hayes, J. Slusser, D. Bigelow, G. Janson, A. Beaubian, M. Beaubian, The 1997 North American Interagency Intercomparison of Ultraviolet Monitoring Spectroradiometers, J. Res. Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol., 107, 19-62, (2002).

Weatherhead, E., D. Theisen, A. Stevermer, J. Enagonio, B. Rabinovitch, P. Disterhoft, K. Lantz, R. Meltzer, J. Sabburg, J. DeLuisi, J. Rives, and J. Shreffler. Temperature dependence of the Brewer ultraviolet data. Journal of Geophysical Research 106(D24):34,121-34,129. (2001)

Harrison, L., Berndt, J., Kiedron, P., Disterhoft, The USDA UV Spectroradiometric Network: Current Performance & Operational Experience, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 4482, 23-37, 2002.

J. Slusser, J.R., J.H. Gibson, D.S. Bigelow, D. Kolinski, P. Disterhoft, K. Lantz and A. Beaubien, Langley Method of Calibrating UV Filter Radiometers, J. Geophys. Res. 105, 4841-4849, 2000.

K. Lantz, P. Disterhoft, E. Early, A. Thompson, The 1997 North American UV Radiometer Intercomparison, Proc. of the Quadrennial Ozone Symposium, Hokkaido University, 3-8 July, 281-282, 2000.

K.O. Lantz, P. Disterhoft, J. J. DeLuisi, E. Early, A. Thompson, D. Bigelow, J. Slusser, Methodology for deriving clear-sky erythemal calibration factors for UV Broadband radiometers of the U.S. Central UV Calibration facility, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 16, 114-130, 1999.

Edward Early, Ambler Thompson, and Patrick Disterhoft, A Field Calibration Unit for Ultraviolet Spectroradiometers, Applied Optics, 37, 6664-6670, 1998.

A. Thompson, E. A. Early, J. J. DeLuisi, P. Disterhoft, D. Wardle, J. Kerr, J. Rives, Y. Sun, T. Lucas, T. Mestechkina, and P. Neale, "The 1994 North American Interagency Intercomparison of Ultraviolet Monitoring Spectroradiometers," J. Res. Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol., 102, 279-322 (1997).

E. A. Early, A. Thompson, C. Johnson, J. J. DeLuisi, P. Disterhoft, D. Wardle, E. Wu, W. Mou, Y. Sun, T. Lucas, T. Mestechkina, L. Harrison, J. Berndt, and D. Hayes, "The 1995 North American Interagency Intercomparison of Ultraviolet Monitoring Spectroradiometers," J. Res. Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol., 103, 15-62 (1998).

E. A. Early, A. Thompson, C. Johnson, J. J. DeLuisi, P. Disterhoft, D. Wardle, E. Wu, W. Mou, J. Ehramjian, J. Tusson, T. Mestechkina, M. Beaubian, J. Gibson, and D. Hayes, "The 1996 North American Interagency Intercomparison of Ultraviolet Monitoring Spectroradiometers," J. Res. Natl. Inst. Stand.

Technol., 103, 449-482 (1998).

Posters and Oral Presentations

Lantz, K.O., P. Disterhoft, C. Wilson, S. Bloms, G. Janson, J. Slusser, Out-of-band Rejection Studies of the UV Multi-Filter Shadow-band Radiometers (UV-MFRSR) of the USDA UV Monitoring and Research Program, SPIE Remote Sensing of the Clouds and the Atmosphere X, Oral Presentation, Bruges, Belgium, September, 2005.

P. Disterhoft, Stability Characteristics of 1000 W FEL-type QTH lamps during the seasoning and screening process, Proceedings of SPIE, Ultraviolet Ground and Space-based Measurements Models, and Effects V, Oral Presentation, San Diego, CA, 2005.

G. J. Seckmeyer, Univ. Hannover (Germany); A. F. Bais, Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki (Greece); G. Bernhard, Biospherical Instruments Inc.; M. Blumthaler, Innsbruck Medical Univ. (Austria); C. R. Booth, Biospherical Instruments Inc.; K. O. Lantz, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; R. L. McKenzie, National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (New Zealand), Broadband instruments measuring erythemally weighted solar irradiance: the new WMO UV instrumentation document, SPIE Optics and Photonics, Ultraviolet Ground- and Space-based Measurements, Models, and Effects V, Oral Presentation, San Diego, CA, August, 2005.

Lantz, K.O., P. Disterhoft, C. Wilson, S. Bloms, J. Sluser, Preliminary Results from the the 2003 North American UV Spectroradiometer and Filter Radiometer Intercomparison, Poster Presentation, CMDL Annual Meeting, 2005.

Lantz, K. O., P. Disterhoft, J. Slusser, Results from the 2003 North American UV Spectroradiometer and Filter Radiometer Intercomparison , SPIE, Ultraviolet Ground and Space-based Measurements, Models, and Effects IV, Oral Presentation, Denver, August, 2004.

Lantz, K., P. Disterhoft, Comparison of two methods for calibrating UVB broadband radiometers, The 10th Congress of the European Society for Photobiology, Poster Presentation, Vienna, Austria, September 6-11, 2003.

Lantz, K. O., P. Disterhoft, J. J. DeLuisi, Calibration History of YES UVB Broadband Radiometers of the USDA UV Monitoring Network from 1997 to the present, SPIE Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Invited Oral Presentation, Hangzhou, China, October, 2002.

Lantz, K. O., Stability of the spectral response and cosine response functions of 46 YES UVB Broadband Radiometers, Front Range UV Workshop, Fort Collins, CO, Oral presentation, June, 2002.

P. Disterhoft, The Verification of the Central UV Calibration Facility's Horizontal Irradiance Scale, The 3^rd Front Range UV and Ozone Workshop, Boulder, CO, May, 2002.

Lantz, K. O., A Calibration History of UVB Broadband Radiometers of the CUCF and USDA Network, The 7th BSRN Scientific and Review Workshop, Regina Canada (28 - 31 May 2002) The ARM Meeting, April, Poster Presentation, 2002.

Wei Gao, James R. Slusser, Lee C. Harrison, Patrick Disterhoft, Kathleen Lantz, AMORE: Atmospheric Modeling of Radiation Experiment,Fall AGU, Poster Presentation, 2001.

Lantz, K. O., P. Disterhoft, J. J. DeLuisi, E. A. Early, A. Thompson, Summary of the North American Interagency UV Radiometer Intercomparisons (1994 – 1997), Quadrennial Ozone Symposium, Sapporo, Japan, July 2000.

Lantz, K. O., P. Disterhoft, An overview of the CUCF activities: CUCF field calibration procedures and the UV Spectroradiometer Intercomparison, UV and the Arctic Workshop, Boulder, CO, October, 1999.

Lantz, K. O., An overview of the performance of CUCF’s Standard UVB Triad, The 2^nd Front Range UV and Ozone Workshop, Boulder, CO, March, 1999.

K. Lantz, P. Disterhoft, J. DeLuisi, Presentation at the European Conference on Ultraviolet Radiation (ECUV), “Methodology for generating Erythema Calibration Factors for the UVB broadband radiometers of the U.S. Central UV Calibration Facility (CUCF)”, Helsinki, Finland, May, 1998.

Lantz, K. O., P. Disterhoft, J. J. DeLuisi, “Comparison of Erythema calibration factors for the YES UVB-1 and the SL501A developed by the Central UV Calibration Facility and the manufacturer”, International Symposium on Measurements of Optical Radiation Hazards, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, September 1-3, 1998.

Theisen, D., K. Lantz, E. Weatherhead, J. Herman, I. Petropavlovskikh, J. DeLuisi, “Comparison of TOMS UV with Surface Broadband Networks, Poster Presentation, Fall American Geophysical Union Conference, San Francisco, CA, December, 1998.

Lantz, K. O., “Procedures for the calibration of UVB Broadband Radiometers of the USDA, ISIS, and Surfrad Network by the CUCF”, Presentation at the UV QC/QA Panel Meeting of the USGCRP, May, 1997.