A DOSIMETRIC TECHNIQUE FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION EXPOSURE TO PLANTS |
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| Authors: | A. V. Parisi C. F. Wong |
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| Affiliation: | Centre for Medical and Health Physics, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane 4001, Australia;Centre for Astronomy and Atmospheric Research, Faculty of Sciences, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba 4350, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Due to the effects of geometry, orientation, atmospheric conditions and optical properties of leaves and soils, the UV exposure to a plant may differ significantly from that of ambient radiation. This paper presents a method utilizing a passive measuring technique with polysulfone dosimeters that provides the ability of measuring the UV exposure at a number of sites simultaneously. The UV exposures are measured at selected sites over models of three canopy shapes with a computer program interpolating and summing these to provide the total UV exposure incident on the canopy. |
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