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Brand MegaRay
Mac Industries Inc http://www.reptileuv.com/
Lamp Product Zone 2 T5 Fluorescent Lamp 24W
Lamp ID SW55 (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 8300 Kelvin 7400 Kelvin 6800 Kelvin
distance 0.1 0.079
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) 5570 µW/cm² = 55.7 W/m²
UVC ( 0 nm - 280 nm) 187 µW/cm² = 1.87 W/m²
non-terrestrial ( 0 nm - 290 nm) 191 µW/cm² = 1.91 W/m²
total2 ( 250 nm - 880 nm) 5400 µW/cm² = 54 W/m²
UVB (EU) ( 280 nm - 315 nm) 263 µW/cm² = 2.63 W/m²
UVB (US) ( 280 nm - 320 nm) 493 µW/cm² = 4.93 W/m²
UVA+B ( 280 nm - 380 nm) 2620 µW/cm² = 26.2 W/m²
Solar UVB ( 290 nm - 315 nm) 259 µW/cm² = 2.59 W/m²
UVA D3 regulating ( 315 nm - 335 nm) 1080 µW/cm² = 10.8 W/m²
UVA (EU) ( 315 nm - 380 nm) 2360 µW/cm² = 23.6 W/m²
UVA2 (medical definition) ( 320 nm - 340 nm) 1150 µW/cm² = 11.5 W/m²
UVA (US) ( 320 nm - 380 nm) 2130 µW/cm² = 21.3 W/m²
UVA1 (variant) ( 335 nm - 380 nm) 1280 µW/cm² = 12.8 W/m²
UVA1 (medical) ( 340 nm - 400 nm) 1010 µW/cm² = 10.1 W/m²
vis. UVA ( 350 nm - 380 nm) 449 µW/cm² = 4.49 W/m²
VIS Rep3 ( 350 nm - 600 nm) 2560 µW/cm² = 25.6 W/m²
VIS Rep4 ( 350 nm - 700 nm) 3080 µW/cm² = 30.8 W/m²
purple ( 380 nm - 420 nm) 277 µW/cm² = 2.77 W/m²
VIS ( 380 nm - 780 nm) 2740 µW/cm² = 27.4 W/m²
VIS2 ( 400 nm - 680 nm) 2530 µW/cm² = 25.3 W/m²
PAR ( 400 nm - 700 nm) 2600 µW/cm² = 26 W/m²
tmp ( 400 nm - 1100 nm) 2730 µW/cm² = 27.3 W/m²
blue ( 420 nm - 490 nm) 805 µW/cm² = 8.05 W/m²
green ( 490 nm - 575 nm) 797 µW/cm² = 7.97 W/m²
yellow ( 575 nm - 585 nm) 145 µW/cm² = 1.45 W/m²
orange ( 585 nm - 650 nm) 382 µW/cm² = 3.82 W/m²
red ( 650 nm - 780 nm) 335 µW/cm² = 3.35 W/m²
IRA ( 700 nm - 1400 nm) 131 µW/cm² = 1.31 W/m²
IR2 ( 720 nm - 1100 nm) 86.9 µW/cm² = 0.869 W/m²
IRB ( 1400 nm - 3000 nm) 0 µW/cm² = 0 W/m²
Actionspectra
Erythema 19.2 UV-Index
Pyrimidine dimerization of DNA 168 µW/cm²
Photoceratitis 27.8 µW/cm²
Photoconjunctivitis 27.9 µW/cm²
DNA Damage 41.4
Vitamin D3 60.3 µW/cm²
Photosynthesis 1820 µW/cm²
Luminosity 7040 lx
Human L-Cone 1030 µW/cm²
Human M-Cone 919 µW/cm²
Human S-Cone 696 µW/cm²
CIE X 918 µW/cm²
CIE Y 981 µW/cm²
CIE Z 1270 µW/cm²
PAR 12800000 mol photons
Extinction preD3 799 e-3*m²/mol
Extinction Tachysterol 2180 e-3*m²/mol
Exctincition PreD3 443000 m²/mol
Extinction Lumisterol 242 m²/mol
Exctincition Tachysterol 3100000 m²/mol
Extinction 7DHC 209 m²/mol
L-Cone 848 µW/cm²
M-Cone 850 µW/cm²
S-Cone 1270 µW/cm²
U-Cone 743 µW/cm²
UVR - ICNIRP 2004 35.1 Rel Biol Eff
Melatonin Supression 926 µW/cm²
Blue Light Hazard 802 µW/cm² (114 µW/cm² per 1000 lx)
CIE 174:2006 PreVit D3 65 µW/cm²
Lumen Reptil 8160 "pseudo-lx"
Vitamin D3 Degradation 98.1 µW/cm²
Actinic UV 35 µW/cm² (49.7 mW/klm)
Exctincition Lumisterol 206000 m²/mol
Exctincition 7DHC 195000 m²/mol
Exctincition Toxisterols 212000 m²/mol
Broadbandmeters
Solarmeter 6.2 (UVB, pre 2010) 635 µW/cm²
Solarmeter 6.5 (UV-Index, pre 2010) 18.7
Leybold UVB 427 µW/cm²
Leybold UVA 1530 µW/cm²
Leybold UVC 19.1 µW/cm²
DeltaOhm UVB 1250 µW/cm²
DeltaOhm UVC 187 µW/cm²
Vernier UVB 116 µW/cm²
Vernier UVA 1760 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVA 1970 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVB 198 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVC 25.2 µW/cm²
Luxmeter 7330 lx
Solarmeter 6.4 (D3) 58.5 IU/min
UVX-31 1350 µW/cm²
IL UVB 0.273 µW/cm²
IL UVA 1650 µW/cm²
Solarmeter 6.5 (UVI, post 2010) 16.2 UV-Index
Solarmeter 6.2 (UVB, post 2010) 448 µW/cm² (Solarmeter Ratio = 27.7)
Solarmeter AlGaN 6.5 UVI sensor 232 UV Index
GenUV 7.1 UV-Index 14.7 UV-Index
Solarmeter 10.0 (Global Power) (manuf.) 38.4 W/m²
Solarmeter 4.0 (UVA) 20.8 mW/cm²
LS122 (manuf.) 0.0289 W/m²
ISM400 (first guess) 20 W/m²
LS122 (assumption) 0.913 W/m²
ISM400_new 16 W/m²
Solarmeter 10.0 (Global Power) (assumption) 30.8 W/m²