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UV - EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK FL
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Brewer 135 is located in Everglades NP, measuring ultraviolet solar radiation. Irradiance and column ozone are derived from this data. Ultraviolet solar radiation is measured with a Brewer Mark IV, single-monochrometer, spectrophotometer manufactured by SCI-TEC Instruments, Inc. of Saskatoon, SK, Canada. The UV monitoring under EPA's UV-Net program is coordinated with measurement programs of other U.S. Federal agencies through the U.S. Global Change Research Program. Brewer 135 is located on a 15-meter tower with a 2x2 meter platform. The tower is in a field next to the fire cache building in the Park. About 400 meters to the east is a radio antenna that would have virtually no effect on the Brewers view. The terrain is flat and the field of view is unobstructed in all directions. The Brewer has been recording data at this site since January 1997.