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Spectrum 773: Elvidge2010_30 Edit
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Same as https://lamps.licht-im-terrarium.de/spectrummeasurements/view/772 from Elvidge, C. D., Keith, D. M., Tuttle, B. T., & Baugh, K. E. (2010). Spectral identification of lighting type and character. Sensors, 10, 3961–3988.

But 2500-3000 nm extrapolated based on Quentin Dishman's Tungsten Model

And normalized to 1000 W/m²

Measurement

Brand Iwasaki
EYE Lighting Europe (Iwasaki) http://www.iwasaki.co.uk/
Lamp Product Self Ballasted Mercury Vapour Lamp 160W
used in Elvidge, C. D., Keith, D. M., Tuttle, B. T., & Baugh, K. E. (2010). Spectral identification of lighting type and character. Sensors, 10, 3961–3988.
Lamp ID Elvidge2010_30 (01/2010)
Elvidge, C. D., Keith, D. M., Tuttle, B. T., & Baugh, K. E. (2010). Spectral identification of lighting type and character. Sensors, 10, 3961–3988. Details in ALL_bands_20100303.xls * http://www.eye.co.jp/sources/mercury/pdf/p52-53.pdf * calculated from the spectrum: CCT 3758, CRI 53 * on the box: 3000 Lumens, 160 Watt Details in Mercury_Vapor_Lamp_20100311.xls * Iwasaki 60W
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Ballast - no ballast or default/unknown ballast -
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Distance 0 cm
Age 0 hours
Originator (measurement) Publication
Database entry created: Sarina Wunderlich 20/Feb/2024 ; updated: Sarina Wunderlich 20/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 ( 0.4 ; 0.41 ) ( 0.24 ; 0.33 ) ( 0.4 ; 0.14 ; 0.2 )
CCT 3800 Kelvin 14000 Kelvin 3800 Kelvin
distance 0.0018 0.15
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) 100000 µW/cm² = 1000 W/m²
UVC ( 0 nm - 280 nm) 0 µW/cm² = 0 W/m²
non-terrestrial ( 0 nm - 290 nm) 0 µW/cm² = 0 W/m²
total2 ( 250 nm - 880 nm) 10700 µW/cm² = 107 W/m²
UVB (EU) ( 280 nm - 315 nm) 0 µW/cm² = 0 W/m²
UVB (US) ( 280 nm - 320 nm) 0 µW/cm² = 0 W/m²
UVA+B ( 280 nm - 380 nm) 605 µW/cm² = 6.05 W/m²
Solar UVB ( 290 nm - 315 nm) 0 µW/cm² = 0 W/m²
UVA D3 regulating ( 315 nm - 335 nm) 0 µW/cm² = 0 W/m²
UVA (EU) ( 315 nm - 380 nm) 605 µW/cm² = 6.05 W/m²
UVA2 (medical definition) ( 320 nm - 340 nm) 0 µW/cm² = 0 W/m²
UVA (US) ( 320 nm - 380 nm) 605 µW/cm² = 6.05 W/m²
UVA1 (variant) ( 335 nm - 380 nm) 605 µW/cm² = 6.05 W/m²
UVA1 (medical) ( 340 nm - 400 nm) 653 µW/cm² = 6.53 W/m²
vis. UVA ( 350 nm - 380 nm) 605 µW/cm² = 6.05 W/m²
VIS Rep3 ( 350 nm - 600 nm) 3320 µW/cm² = 33.2 W/m²
VIS Rep4 ( 350 nm - 700 nm) 5000 µW/cm² = 50 W/m²
purple ( 380 nm - 420 nm) 249 µW/cm² = 2.49 W/m²
VIS ( 380 nm - 780 nm) 6520 µW/cm² = 65.2 W/m²
PAR ( 400 nm - 700 nm) 4350 µW/cm² = 43.5 W/m²
blue ( 420 nm - 490 nm) 536 µW/cm² = 5.36 W/m²
green ( 490 nm - 575 nm) 1140 µW/cm² = 11.4 W/m²
yellow ( 575 nm - 585 nm) 627 µW/cm² = 6.27 W/m²
orange ( 585 nm - 650 nm) 877 µW/cm² = 8.77 W/m²
red ( 650 nm - 780 nm) 3090 µW/cm² = 30.9 W/m²
IRA ( 700 nm - 1400 nm) 37300 µW/cm² = 373 W/m²
IRB ( 1400 nm - 3000 nm) 57700 µW/cm² = 577 W/m²
Actionspectra
Erythema 0.0993 UV-Index
Pyrimidine dimerization of DNA 0.0159 µW/cm²
Photoceratitis 0 µW/cm²
Photoconjunctivitis 0 µW/cm²
DNA Damage 0.000546
Vitamin D3 0 µW/cm²
Photosynthesis 2950 µW/cm²
Luminosity 14000 lx
Human L-Cone 2140 µW/cm²
Human M-Cone 1650 µW/cm²
Human S-Cone 497 µW/cm²
CIE X 1920 µW/cm²
CIE Y 1980 µW/cm²
CIE Z 888 µW/cm²
PAR 21800000 mol photons
Extinction preD3 0 e-3*m²/mol
Extinction Tachysterol 0 e-3*m²/mol
Exctincition PreD3 37.8 m²/mol
Extinction Lumisterol 0 m²/mol
Exctincition Tachysterol 709 m²/mol
Extinction 7DHC 0 m²/mol
L-Cone 1940 µW/cm²
M-Cone 700 µW/cm²
S-Cone 968 µW/cm²
U-Cone 1280 µW/cm²
UVR - ICNIRP 2004 0.0669 Rel Biol Eff
Melatonin Supression 638 µW/cm²
Blue Light Hazard 578 µW/cm² (41.3 µW/cm² per 1000 lx)
CIE 174:2006 PreVit D3 0 µW/cm²
Lumen Reptil 11500 "pseudo-lx"
Vitamin D3 Degradation 0 µW/cm²
Actinic UV 0.067 µW/cm² (0.0478 mW/klm)
Exctincition Lumisterol 0 m²/mol
Exctincition 7DHC 0 m²/mol
Exctincition Toxisterols 39.8 m²/mol
Broadbandmeters
Solarmeter 6.2 (UVB, pre 2010) 2.45 µW/cm²
Solarmeter 6.5 (UV-Index, pre 2010) 0.0587
Leybold UVB 0 µW/cm²
Leybold UVA 411 µW/cm²
Leybold UVC 0 µW/cm²
DeltaOhm UVB 0.00825 µW/cm²
DeltaOhm UVC 0 µW/cm²
Vernier UVB 0 µW/cm²
Vernier UVA 224 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVA 495 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVB -0.086 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVC 0 µW/cm²
Solarmeter 6.4 (D3) 0.183 IU/min
UVX-31 16.4 µW/cm²
IL UVB 0.00193 µW/cm²
IL UVA 560 µW/cm²
Solarmeter 6.5 (UVI, post 2010) 0.0196 UV-Index
Solarmeter 6.2 (UVB, post 2010) 0.154 µW/cm² (Solarmeter Ratio = 7.85)
Solarmeter AlGaN 6.5 UVI sensor 0.112 UV Index
GenUV 7.1 UV-Index 0.108 UV-Index
Solarmeter 10.0 (Global Power) 332 W/m²
Solarmeter 4.0 (UVA) 7.69 mW/cm²
LS122 514 W/m²
ISM400 403 W/m²