these orbits circle the Earth about 14 times per day. The swath is the area of the Earth which is observed by the satellite per orbit. Depending on the width of the swath, the satellite can reach daily [...] regions excluding the area South of 60°S for the Southern SOAI region, and the area North of 35°S for the Northern SOAI region, to exclude the influence of the extremely low coverage in the South (GOME-2 in [...] applications of the data sets derived and characterized in this thesis include: the estimation of the oceanic heat budget and the UV dose rate on marine organisms, the investigation of the sources of colored