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dc.contributor.authorDowns, Nathan
dc.contributor.authorParisi, Alfio
dc.contributor.authorSchouten, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:40:55Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:40:55Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2011-09-23T07:05:31Z
dc.identifier.issn13616501
dc.identifier.doi10.1088/0957-0233/22/1/015801
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/39827
dc.description.abstractReef snorkelling is potentially a high-risk activity for persons visiting tropical and sub-tropical waters due to possible overexposure to solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR). Measurements and modelled estimates of the UVR received by human subjects are presented for a 10? latitudinal gradient of Australia's Great Barrier Reef and some Melanesian Islands (15?S to 25?S). A technique is described to measure the erythemally effective UVR received by the neck and the lower back. Measurements were made by application of a hybrid in-air and submerged calibration for polysulphone dosimeters. Measured exposures were used to model UVR exposure distributions at a number of popular snorkelling sites. A total of 11 snorkelling trials were held between 29 September 2009 and 26 January 2010. Exposures measured to the back and expressed relative to the horizontal plane ambient UVR have shown there to be some variation in the UVR distribution, with the neck receiving the greatest proportion of ambient UVR (0.56 ᠰ.14 (1s)), followed by the lower back (0.36 ᠰ.14 (1s)). Similarly high UVR exposures were determined at neck and lower back sites for different seasons, different times of day and over the latitudinal range of the study.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherInstitute of Physics Publishing Ltd.
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto9
dc.relation.ispartofissue015801
dc.relation.ispartofjournalMeasurement Science and Technology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume22
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPhysical Sciences not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPhysical Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEngineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode029999
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode02
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode09
dc.titleSolar ultraviolet radiation incident upon reef snorkelers determined by consideration of the partial immersion of dosimeters in the natural ocean environment
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyright© 2011 Institute of Physics Publishing. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorSchouten, Peter W.


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