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Brand R-Zilla
Zilla Products http://www.zilla-rules.com
Lamp Product Desert 50 12W
Lamp ID BZL12 (10/2008)
Spectrometer USB2000+
Ballast - no ballast or default/unknown ballast -
Reflector
Distance 10 cm
Age 1 hours
Originator (measurement) Frances Baines
Database entry created: Maren 17/Jun/2010 ; updated: Sarina Wunderlich 27/Feb/2011

Colorimetry

Colorimetry is the science to describe physically the human color perception. The wavelength range 380 nm - 780 nm is visible to humans and detected by three different photoreceptors. Many Reptiles see the range 350 nm - 800 nm and have an additional UV photoreceptor in their retina.

Spectrum in the visible wavelength range

Whereas a spectrometer measures the intensity in every tiny wavelength interval resulting in thousands of individual intensities, the human eye only measures three intensities detected by the three cones. The same is true for the reptile eye with usually three or four photoreceptors. Effectively the detailled spectrum displayed above reduces to a much compacter bar graph displayed below. The photoreceptor sensitivites from these L-Cone, M-Cone, S-Cone, and U-Cone are used, they are chosen as an average of measured reptile photoreceptor sensitivity curves. The bar graph also shows as reference the intensity seen by the three or four photoreceptors for average sunlight (id 1).

From these three numbers the colour coordinate and the correlated colour temperature for humans are calculated using the CIE standard method. I adapted this concept to a "3 cone reptile (M,S,U)" and a "4 cone reptile (L,M,S,U)". I am sure, that this adaption to other colour spaces makes sense mathematically and this is also done in scientific research regarding colour vision of animals, however I have not seen calculation of colour temperatures for other animals in the scientific literature. Even if it is hypothetical, at least this shows, how arbitrary the colour temperature is, and that the colour temperature calculated for humans does not apply to reptiles. The colour spaces also show the colour coordinates of different phases of daylight ((ids 1, 338451, 511513 ), indicated by crosses, coloured in the appriximate colour perceived by a human.

Human (CIE) 3 cone reptile 4 cone reptile
Cone Excitation
Colour Coordinate ( 0.26 ; 0.23 ) ( 0.2 ; 0.56 ) ( 0.17 ; 0.17 ; 0.46 )
CCT 67000 Kelvin 11000 Kelvin 14000 Kelvin
distance 0.23 0.19
colour space 3-D-graph not implemented yet

Vitamin D3 Analysis

Vitamin D3 is produced by UVB radiation around 300 nm. 7DHC/ProD3 present in the skin is converted to PreD3 when absorbing an UV photon. PreD3 can be converted back to ProD3, to Lumisterol, or to Tachysterol when absorbing another UV photon or can be converted to Vitamin D3 in a warm environment.

This process prevents any overdose of vitamin D3 from UV radiation with a spectrum similar to sunlight. As a comparison the solar spectra at 20°(id:14) and at 85°(id:21) solar angle are shown.

Spectrum in the vitamin D3 active wavelength range

The ratio of the two solarmeters 6.2 (UVB) and 6.5 (UV index) readings has proven a useful and very simply number to acess the spectral shape in the vitamin-d3-active region.

Effective Irradiances

Effective irradiances are calculated for all ranges, actionspectra and radiometers currently present in this database.

The calculation method is a numerical implementation (Simpson's rule) of the formula

To learn more about calculating effective irradiances and radiometers I recommend this excellent report on UVB meters: Characterizing the Performance of Integral Measuring UV-Meters (pdf).

The numbers in the following tables can also be used to estimate certain (effective) irradiances from radiomer readings. Example: If the database lists

  • range: UVB (US) = 13.8 µW/cm²
  • radiometer: Solarmeter 6.2 = 19.6 µW/cm²
then any Solarmeter 6.2 reading multiplied with 0.7 (0.7=13.8/19.6) is an estimate of UVB irradiance for this specific lamp. If you do so, always make sure, that the calculated (effective) irradiance is valid. The calculated value is not valid, if the lamp's spectrum is not measured in the relevant range.

Ranges
total ( 0 nm - 0 nm) 696 µW/cm² = 6.96 W/m²
UVC ( 0 nm - 280 nm) 0.0477 µW/cm² = 0.000477 W/m²
non-terrestrial ( 0 nm - 290 nm) 0.053 µW/cm² = 0.00053 W/m²
total2 ( 250 nm - 880 nm) 696 µW/cm² = 6.96 W/m²
UVB (EU) ( 280 nm - 315 nm) 75.4 µW/cm² = 0.754 W/m²
UVB (US) ( 280 nm - 320 nm) 123 µW/cm² = 1.23 W/m²
UVA+B ( 280 nm - 380 nm) 408 µW/cm² = 4.08 W/m²
Solar UVB ( 290 nm - 315 nm) 75.4 µW/cm² = 0.754 W/m²
UVA D3 regulating ( 315 nm - 335 nm) 174 µW/cm² = 1.74 W/m²
UVA (EU) ( 315 nm - 380 nm) 333 µW/cm² = 3.33 W/m²
UVA2 (medical definition) ( 320 nm - 340 nm) 169 µW/cm² = 1.69 W/m²
UVA (US) ( 320 nm - 380 nm) 286 µW/cm² = 2.86 W/m²
UVA1 (variant) ( 335 nm - 380 nm) 159 µW/cm² = 1.59 W/m²
UVA1 (medical) ( 340 nm - 400 nm) 121 µW/cm² = 1.21 W/m²
vis. UVA ( 350 nm - 380 nm) 53.2 µW/cm² = 0.532 W/m²
VIS Rep3 ( 350 nm - 600 nm) 289 µW/cm² = 2.89 W/m²
VIS Rep4 ( 350 nm - 700 nm) 331 µW/cm² = 3.31 W/m²
purple ( 380 nm - 420 nm) 32.9 µW/cm² = 0.329 W/m²
VIS ( 380 nm - 780 nm) 287 µW/cm² = 2.87 W/m²
PAR ( 400 nm - 700 nm) 274 µW/cm² = 2.74 W/m²
blue ( 420 nm - 490 nm) 116 µW/cm² = 1.16 W/m²
green ( 490 nm - 575 nm) 66.3 µW/cm² = 0.663 W/m²
yellow ( 575 nm - 585 nm) 12.9 µW/cm² = 0.129 W/m²
orange ( 585 nm - 650 nm) 32.4 µW/cm² = 0.324 W/m²
red ( 650 nm - 780 nm) 26.5 µW/cm² = 0.265 W/m²
IRA ( 700 nm - 1400 nm) 10.1 µW/cm² = 0.101 W/m²
IRB ( 1400 nm - 3000 nm) 0 µW/cm² = 0 W/m²
Actionspectra
Erythema 3.98 UV-Index
Pyrimidine dimerization of DNA 46.6 µW/cm²
Photoceratitis 6.45 µW/cm²
Photoconjunctivitis 0.136 µW/cm²
DNA Damage 0.348
Vitamin D3 18.5 µW/cm²
Photosynthesis 205 µW/cm²
Luminosity 617 lx
Human L-Cone 90.1 µW/cm²
Human M-Cone 81 µW/cm²
Human S-Cone 105 µW/cm²
CIE X 95.7 µW/cm²
CIE Y 84.8 µW/cm²
CIE Z 190 µW/cm²
PAR 1330000 mol photons
Extinction preD3 127 e-3*m²/mol
Extinction Tachysterol 445 e-3*m²/mol
Exctincition PreD3 58600 m²/mol
Extinction Lumisterol 14.7 m²/mol
Exctincition Tachysterol 625000 m²/mol
Extinction 7DHC 10.5 m²/mol
L-Cone 73 µW/cm²
M-Cone 72.7 µW/cm²
S-Cone 203 µW/cm²
U-Cone 89.7 µW/cm²
UVR - ICNIRP 2004 2.83 Rel Biol Eff
Melatonin Supression 120 µW/cm²
Blue Light Hazard 121 µW/cm² (196 µW/cm² per 1000 lx)
CIE 174:2006 PreVit D3 20.7 µW/cm²
Lumen Reptil 904 "pseudo-lx"
Vitamin D3 Degradation 22.8 µW/cm²
Actinic UV 2.81 µW/cm² (45.5 mW/klm)
Exctincition Lumisterol 22800 m²/mol
Exctincition 7DHC 14400 m²/mol
Exctincition Toxisterols 10300 m²/mol
Broadbandmeters
Solarmeter 6.2 (UVB, pre 2010) 142 µW/cm²
Solarmeter 6.5 (UV-Index, pre 2010) 5.29
Leybold UVB 103 µW/cm²
Leybold UVA 197 µW/cm²
Leybold UVC 0.0483 µW/cm²
DeltaOhm UVB 229 µW/cm²
DeltaOhm UVC 29.1 µW/cm²
Vernier UVB 35.4 µW/cm²
Vernier UVA 265 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVA 276 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVB 51.1 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVC 0.0118 µW/cm²
Solarmeter 6.4 (D3) 16.5 IU/min
UVX-31 244 µW/cm²
IL UVB 0.058 µW/cm²
IL UVA 221 µW/cm²
Solarmeter 6.5 (UVI, post 2010) 4.52 UV-Index
Solarmeter 6.2 (UVB, post 2010) 94.3 µW/cm² (Solarmeter Ratio = 20.9)
Solarmeter AlGaN 6.5 UVI sensor 64 UV Index
GenUV 7.1 UV-Index 3.57 UV-Index
Solarmeter 10.0 (Global Power) 4.29 W/m²
Solarmeter 4.0 (UVA) 2.82 mW/cm²
LS122 0.000204 W/m²
ISM400 1.83 W/m²