Spectrum 163: BA12 Edit
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| Brand |
Arcadia UK company https://www.arcadiareptile.com/ |
|---|---|
| Lamp Product |
Arcadia Natural Sunlight 18W 2% UV-B, 5600K |
| Lamp ID |
BA12 (11/2008) |
| Spectrometer | USB2000+ |
| Ballast | - no ballast or default/unknown ballast - |
| Reflector | |
| Distance | 10 cm |
| Age | 2 hours |
| Originator (measurement) | Frances Baines |
Database entry created:
Maren
8/Jun/2010 ; updated:
Sarina Wunderlich
9/Oct/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.
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 | ( 0.31 ; 0.31 ) | ( 0.4 ; 0.45 ) | ( 0.26 ; 0.29 ; 0.33 ) |
| CCT | 6800 Kelvin | 5100 Kelvin | 5400 Kelvin |
| distance | 0.11 | 0.081 | |
| 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.
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
Ranges
total ( 0 nm - 0 nm) 752 µW/cm² = 7.52 W/m² UVC ( 0 nm - 280 nm) 0.433 µW/cm² = 0.00433 W/m² non-terrestrial ( 0 nm - 290 nm) 0.56 µW/cm² = 0.0056 W/m² total2 ( 250 nm - 880 nm) 752 µW/cm² = 7.52 W/m² UVB (EU) ( 280 nm - 315 nm) 11.1 µW/cm² = 0.111 W/m² UVB (US) ( 280 nm - 320 nm) 19.3 µW/cm² = 0.193 W/m² UVA+B ( 280 nm - 380 nm) 107 µW/cm² = 1.07 W/m² Solar UVB ( 290 nm - 315 nm) 11 µW/cm² = 0.11 W/m² UVA D3 regulating ( 315 nm - 335 nm) 37.6 µW/cm² = 0.376 W/m² UVA (EU) ( 315 nm - 380 nm) 95.9 µW/cm² = 0.959 W/m² UVA2 (medical definition) ( 320 nm - 340 nm) 41.1 µW/cm² = 0.411 W/m² UVA (US) ( 320 nm - 380 nm) 87.8 µW/cm² = 0.878 W/m² UVA1 (variant) ( 335 nm - 380 nm) 58.3 µW/cm² = 0.583 W/m² UVA1 (medical) ( 340 nm - 400 nm) 57.1 µW/cm² = 0.571 W/m² vis. UVA ( 350 nm - 380 nm) 28.2 µW/cm² = 0.282 W/m² VIS Rep3 ( 350 nm - 600 nm) 524 µW/cm² = 5.24 W/m² VIS Rep4 ( 350 nm - 700 nm) 651 µW/cm² = 6.51 W/m² purple ( 380 nm - 420 nm) 47.4 µW/cm² = 0.474 W/m² VIS ( 380 nm - 780 nm) 638 µW/cm² = 6.38 W/m² VIS2 ( 400 nm - 680 nm) 607 µW/cm² = 6.07 W/m² PAR ( 400 nm - 700 nm) 612 µW/cm² = 6.12 W/m² tmp ( 400 nm - 1100 nm) 634 µW/cm² = 6.34 W/m² blue ( 420 nm - 490 nm) 202 µW/cm² = 2.02 W/m² green ( 490 nm - 575 nm) 199 µW/cm² = 1.99 W/m² yellow ( 575 nm - 585 nm) 19.7 µW/cm² = 0.197 W/m² orange ( 585 nm - 650 nm) 138 µW/cm² = 1.38 W/m² red ( 650 nm - 780 nm) 31 µW/cm² = 0.31 W/m² IRA ( 700 nm - 1400 nm) 22 µW/cm² = 0.22 W/m² IR2 ( 720 nm - 1100 nm) 12.8 µW/cm² = 0.128 W/m² IRB ( 1400 nm - 3000 nm) 0 µW/cm² = 0 W/m²
Actionspectra
Erythema 0.732 UV-Index Pyrimidine dimerization of DNA 6.23 µW/cm² Photoceratitis 1.05 µW/cm² Photoconjunctivitis 0.412 µW/cm² DNA Damage 0.501 Vitamin D3 2.25 µW/cm² Photosynthesis 427 µW/cm² Luminosity 1820 lx Human L-Cone 271 µW/cm² Human M-Cone 229 µW/cm² Human S-Cone 164 µW/cm² CIE X 249 µW/cm² CIE Y 251 µW/cm² CIE Z 304 µW/cm² PAR 2840000 mol photons Extinction preD3 22.9 e-3*m²/mol Extinction Tachysterol 76.8 e-3*m²/mol Exctincition PreD3 13300 m²/mol Extinction Lumisterol 5.36 m²/mol Exctincition Tachysterol 113000 m²/mol Extinction 7DHC 5.81 m²/mol L-Cone 223 µW/cm² M-Cone 246 µW/cm² S-Cone 278 µW/cm² U-Cone 98.3 µW/cm² UVR - ICNIRP 2004 0.767 Rel Biol Eff Melatonin Supression 231 µW/cm² Blue Light Hazard 184 µW/cm² (101 µW/cm² per 1000 lx) CIE 174:2006 PreVit D3 2.39 µW/cm² Lumen Reptil 1950 "pseudo-lx" Vitamin D3 Degradation 3.7 µW/cm² Actinic UV 0.764 µW/cm² (4.2 mW/klm) Exctincition Lumisterol 6730 m²/mol Exctincition 7DHC 6470 m²/mol Exctincition Toxisterols 3820 m²/mol
Broadbandmeters
Solarmeter 6.2 (UVB, pre 2010) 24 µW/cm² Solarmeter 6.5 (UV-Index, pre 2010) 0.691 Leybold UVB 16.3 µW/cm² Leybold UVA 63.6 µW/cm² Leybold UVC 0.341 µW/cm² DeltaOhm UVB 45.6 µW/cm² DeltaOhm UVC 5.57 µW/cm² Vernier UVB 4.34 µW/cm² Vernier UVA 67.9 µW/cm² Gröbel UVA 80.7 µW/cm² Gröbel UVB 7.57 µW/cm² Gröbel UVC 0.351 µW/cm² Luxmeter 1850 lx Solarmeter 6.4 (D3) 2.16 IU/min UVX-31 49.6 µW/cm² IL UVB 0.0102 µW/cm² IL UVA 71.2 µW/cm² Solarmeter 6.5 (UVI, post 2010) 0.597 UV-Index Solarmeter 6.2 (UVB, post 2010) 16.6 µW/cm² (Solarmeter Ratio = 27.9) Solarmeter AlGaN 6.5 UVI sensor 8.99 UV Index GenUV 7.1 UV-Index 0.551 UV-Index Solarmeter 10.0 (Global Power) (manuf.) 6.85 W/m² Solarmeter 4.0 (UVA) 0.982 mW/cm² LS122 (manuf.) 0.00592 W/m² ISM400 (first guess) 4.29 W/m² LS122 (assumption) 0.205 W/m² ISM400_new 3.4 W/m² Solarmeter 10.0 (Global Power) (assumption) 6.28 W/m²