Data Usage – USDA UV-B Monitoring and Research Program

Data Usage Guidelines

All UV-B Monitoring and Research Program (UVMRP) data are free and publicly available. However, we ask that any publications that use these data include one of the following two references that describe the UV-B network, instrument calibrations, and data products:

Bigelow, D.S., Slusser, J.R., Beaubien. A.F., and Gibson, J.H. (1998). The USDA Ultraviolet Radiation Monitoring Program. B. Am. Metorol. Soc.
Gao, W., Davis, J.M., Tree, R., Slusser, J.R., and Schmoldt, D. (2010). An Ultraviolet Radiation Monitoring and Research Program for Agriculture. In W. Gao, J.R. Slusser, and D.L. Schmoldt (Eds.), UV Radiation in Global Climate Change: Measurements, Modeling, and Effects on Ecosystems (pp. 205-243). New York: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

We also request that a reference to the UVMRP website (https://uvb.nrel.colostate.edu/UVB/) be made in discussions or acknowledgements of data availability.