NIST UV Data Network -- Data Partnership

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Data Partnership

The NIST Solar UV Data Network involves a partnership among the following Federal Government Agencies:

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland

Building and Fire Research Laboratory, Materials and Construction Research Division
Standard Reference Data Program

Smithsonian Institution, Environmental Research Center (SERC), Edgewater, Maryland
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Products Laboratory (USDA), Madison, Wisconsin

Each agency is committed to various aspects of the operation and data analysis for the Solar UV Data Network. NIST oversees the program direction and its interest is in the management of data for determining the effects of UV spectra on the performance of building materials, such as coatings. SERC's interest in the data is represented by a long-term program in measuring the effects of UV spectra on biological species. SERC performs calibration services for the SR18 spectrophotometer, development and maintenance of the data acquisition software, and analysis of the spectral UV data. USDA, FLP's interest lies in evaluating the effect of UV spectra on wood products. The FLP in Madision, Wisconsin maintains a remote site for data acquisition. The program is supported by the NIST, Standard Reference Data Program whose mission is to provide value added data to the scientific community.