World Ozone and Ultraviolet Radiation Data Centre (WOUDC)

Documentation

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The documentation accessed through this page primarily focuses on descriptions of data submission and output formats. The data types, listed below, represent descriptions of the various categories of data available at the WOUDC.

Information About Data Submission - Guidebooks

• UV Guidebook Guide to the WMO/GAW World Ultraviolet Radiation Data Centre Version 6.0 (Includes data file format descriptions)
• Ozone Guidebook User Guide to the WMO/GAW World Ozone Data Centre Version 3.0 (includes data file format descriptions)

Download either guidebook as a PDF document

WOUDC File Format for Data Submission and Retrieval

• Extended Comma Separated Values (extCSV) File Format Notes
• Examples by Data Category

Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) - Instrumentation

• SOP Documents by Instrument Type

Scientific Notes

• UV Action Spectra

Documentation for Utiliy and Data Analysis Programs

• Refer to the Software Section