DocumentCode
3191646
Title
Investigating the Correlational Structures of UV Radiation for Marine Ecosystem due to Ozone Layer Depletion at Pakistan´s atmospheric region
Author
YousufZai, IM KhanAyub ; Quamar, Jawaid ; Ansari, Rashid M Kamal ; Iqbal, Javed M. ; Hussain, M. Arif
Author_Institution
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Univ. of Karachi, Karachi
fYear
2007
fDate
14-16 June 2007
Firstpage
800
Lastpage
809
Abstract
European Space Agency (ESA), the World over Scientific organization, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and WOrld Meteorological Organization are deeply concerned with the dis-balances caused to a significant extent due to human interference in the natural make-up of earth´s ecosystem. In particular, the ozone layer depletion (OLD) over the South Pole is already a serious hazard. The principal long-term effect of OLD appears to be an increase in the UV radiation reaching the earth. In our earlier findings on OLD have been reported and the effects could be observed using the data obtained from a ground based instrument known as Dobson Spectrophotometer installed at GC Quetta Pakistan. We have also computed UV flux reaching Arabian Sea due to the OLD. Then we have presented correlation structures of the population dynamics of marine organisms (fish yield and others) with the intensity of UV flux. The results are compared with the data acquired from Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) Nimbus -7.
Keywords
atmospheric composition; atmospheric radiation; ecology; oceanography; ozone; Arabian Sea; Dobson Spectrophotometer; ESA; European Space Agency; GC Quetta Pakistan; NASA; NATO; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Nimbus -7; North Atlantic Treaty Organization; O3; Pakistan atmospheric region; Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer; WOrld Meteorological Organization; World Scientific organization; earth ecosystem; fish; human interference; marine ecosystem; marine organisms population dynamics; ozone layer depletion; ultraviolet radiation; Aerodynamics; Earth; Ecosystems; Hazards; Humans; Instruments; Interference; Meteorology; NASA; South Pole;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Recent Advances in Space Technologies, 2007. RAST '07. 3rd International Conference on
Conference_Location
Istanbul
Print_ISBN
1-4244-1056-8
Electronic_ISBN
1-4244-1057-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/RAST.2007.4284101
Filename
4284101
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