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Brand MegaRay
Mac Industries Inc http://www.reptileuv.com/
Lamp Product Zone 2 T5 Fluorescent Lamp 24W
Lamp ID SW53 (04/2023)
for lamp test provided by SP Lighting
Spectrometer USB2000+
Ballast - no ballast or default/unknown ballast -
Reflector
Distance 10 cm
Age 100 hours
Originator (measurement) Sarina Wunderlich
Database entry created: Sarina Wunderlich 5/Feb/2024 ; updated: Sarina Wunderlich 5/Feb/2024

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 ( 0.29 ; 0.31 ) ( 0.3 ; 0.44 ) ( 0.23 ; 0.23 ; 0.34 )
CCT 8200 Kelvin 7400 Kelvin 6800 Kelvin
distance 0.1 0.078
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) 5630 µW/cm² = 56.3 W/m²
UVC ( 0 nm - 280 nm) 259 µW/cm² = 2.59 W/m²
non-terrestrial ( 0 nm - 290 nm) 264 µW/cm² = 2.64 W/m²
total2 ( 250 nm - 880 nm) 5390 µW/cm² = 53.9 W/m²
UVB (EU) ( 280 nm - 315 nm) 263 µW/cm² = 2.63 W/m²
UVB (US) ( 280 nm - 320 nm) 491 µW/cm² = 4.91 W/m²
UVA+B ( 280 nm - 380 nm) 2610 µW/cm² = 26.1 W/m²
Solar UVB ( 290 nm - 315 nm) 258 µW/cm² = 2.58 W/m²
UVA D3 regulating ( 315 nm - 335 nm) 1080 µW/cm² = 10.8 W/m²
UVA (EU) ( 315 nm - 380 nm) 2350 µW/cm² = 23.5 W/m²
UVA2 (medical definition) ( 320 nm - 340 nm) 1150 µW/cm² = 11.5 W/m²
UVA (US) ( 320 nm - 380 nm) 2120 µW/cm² = 21.2 W/m²
UVA1 (variant) ( 335 nm - 380 nm) 1270 µW/cm² = 12.7 W/m²
UVA1 (medical) ( 340 nm - 400 nm) 1010 µW/cm² = 10.1 W/m²
vis. UVA ( 350 nm - 380 nm) 448 µW/cm² = 4.48 W/m²
VIS Rep3 ( 350 nm - 600 nm) 2540 µW/cm² = 25.4 W/m²
VIS Rep4 ( 350 nm - 700 nm) 3070 µW/cm² = 30.7 W/m²
purple ( 380 nm - 420 nm) 272 µW/cm² = 2.72 W/m²
VIS ( 380 nm - 780 nm) 2730 µW/cm² = 27.3 W/m²
PAR ( 400 nm - 700 nm) 2590 µW/cm² = 25.9 W/m²
blue ( 420 nm - 490 nm) 797 µW/cm² = 7.97 W/m²
green ( 490 nm - 575 nm) 795 µW/cm² = 7.95 W/m²
yellow ( 575 nm - 585 nm) 144 µW/cm² = 1.44 W/m²
orange ( 585 nm - 650 nm) 384 µW/cm² = 3.84 W/m²
red ( 650 nm - 780 nm) 339 µW/cm² = 3.39 W/m²
IRA ( 700 nm - 1400 nm) 141 µW/cm² = 1.41 W/m²
IRB ( 1400 nm - 3000 nm) 0 µW/cm² = 0 W/m²
Actionspectra
Erythema 20 UV-Index
Pyrimidine dimerization of DNA 168 µW/cm²
Photoceratitis 29 µW/cm²
Photoconjunctivitis 40.8 µW/cm²
DNA Damage 63.1
Vitamin D3 61.5 µW/cm²
Photosynthesis 1810 µW/cm²
Luminosity 7020 lx
Human L-Cone 1030 µW/cm²
Human M-Cone 916 µW/cm²
Human S-Cone 688 µW/cm²
CIE X 916 µW/cm²
CIE Y 978 µW/cm²
CIE Z 1260 µW/cm²
PAR 12700000 mol photons
Extinction preD3 941 e-3*m²/mol
Extinction Tachysterol 2320 e-3*m²/mol
Exctincition PreD3 509000 m²/mol
Extinction Lumisterol 324 m²/mol
Exctincition Tachysterol 3180000 m²/mol
Extinction 7DHC 262 m²/mol
L-Cone 847 µW/cm²
M-Cone 847 µW/cm²
S-Cone 1250 µW/cm²
U-Cone 735 µW/cm²
UVR - ICNIRP 2004 44.1 Rel Biol Eff
Melatonin Supression 918 µW/cm²
Blue Light Hazard 793 µW/cm² (113 µW/cm² per 1000 lx)
CIE 174:2006 PreVit D3 66.2 µW/cm²
Lumen Reptil 8110 "pseudo-lx"
Vitamin D3 Degradation 98.4 µW/cm²
Actinic UV 43.9 µW/cm² (62.5 mW/klm)
Exctincition Lumisterol 234000 m²/mol
Exctincition 7DHC 227000 m²/mol
Exctincition Toxisterols 286000 m²/mol
Broadbandmeters
Solarmeter 6.2 (UVB, pre 2010) 635 µW/cm²
Solarmeter 6.5 (UV-Index, pre 2010) 19.1
Leybold UVB 425 µW/cm²
Leybold UVA 1520 µW/cm²
Leybold UVC 25.3 µW/cm²
DeltaOhm UVB 1240 µW/cm²
DeltaOhm UVC 204 µW/cm²
Vernier UVB 116 µW/cm²
Vernier UVA 1750 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVA 1960 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVB 199 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVC 34.9 µW/cm²
Solarmeter 6.4 (D3) 59.8 IU/min
UVX-31 1340 µW/cm²
IL UVB 0.272 µW/cm²
IL UVA 1650 µW/cm²
Solarmeter 6.5 (UVI, post 2010) 16.4 UV-Index
Solarmeter 6.2 (UVB, post 2010) 446 µW/cm² (Solarmeter Ratio = 27.2)
Solarmeter AlGaN 6.5 UVI sensor 232 UV Index
GenUV 7.1 UV-Index 15 UV-Index
Solarmeter 10.0 (Global Power) 38.5 W/m²
Solarmeter 4.0 (UVA) 20.7 mW/cm²
LS122 0.0305 W/m²
ISM400 20.3 W/m²