UVA VIS ONLY
CCT:1063 8541K
CRI DC:1061 2.41E-3
CRI R01:1046 93.4 (8541K)
CRI R02:1047 93.3 (8541K)
CRI R03:1048 94.5 (8541K)
CRI R04:1049 91.5 (8541K)
CRI R05:1050 95.0 (8541K)
CRI R06:1051 93.3 (8541K)
CRI R07:1052 90.2 (8541K)
CRI R08:1053 90.7 (8541K)
CRI R09:1054 79.3 (8541K)
CRI R10:1055 86.5 (8541K)
CRI R11:1056 94.0 (8541K)
CRI R12:1057 86.7 (8541K)
CRI R13:1058 93.3 (8541K)
CRI R14:1059 97.5 (8541K)
CRI R15:1060 91.3 (8541K)
CRI Ra:1045 92.7 (8541K)
DC<5.4E-3:1062 true
Area (m²):1084 1.1946E-5
Illuminance (lux):1086 1.4942E3
Luminance (candela per m²):1088 1.4942E3
Luminous Flux (lumen):1085 1.7849E-2
Luminous intensity (candela):1087 1.7849E-2
Observer:1082 Photopic
Solid Angle (steradians):1083 1.0
Source:1081 FLMT09760
Device Source:1066 FLMT09760
Integration Begin:1067 280.00
Integration End:1068 800.00
Method:1069 Uses Simpson's Rule for integration.
Moles of Photons:1078 2.4267E-10
PAR uMoles/m²/sec:1080 2.6858E1
PAR uMoles:1079 2.2037E-4
Photons/cm²/sec:1076 1.7811E15
Total Photons:1077 1.4614E14
dBm:1074 -1.0984E1
eV:1075 3.4180E14
uJoule/cm²:1072 4.5841E2
uJoule:1070 5.4762E1
uWatt/cm²:1073 6.6743E2
uWatt:1071 7.9732E1
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.
WARNING: The measurement range (350 - 800 nm) is not sufficient for this evaluation! Data is only available in the range 353.327 - 845.808 nm. Results are shown anyway but should be ignored by anyone except experts.
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,
338 –
451,
511 –
513 ), indicated by crosses, coloured in the appriximate colour perceived by a human.
|
Human (CIE) |
3 cone reptile |
4 cone reptile |
| Cone Excitation |
| 
|  |
| Colour Coordinate |
( 0.29 ; 0.3 ) |
( 0.43 ; 0.4 ) |
( 0.24 ; 0.33
; 0.31 ) |
| CCT |
8500 Kelvin |
4600 Kelvin |
5700 Kelvin |
| distance |
|
0.064 |
0.079 |
| colour space |
 |
 |
3-D-graph not implemented yet |
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.
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 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.