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UG11, limit 1µW/cm²/nm, wavelength corrected "+0.3 nm"

Measurement

Brand Exo Terra
Rolf C. Hagen Inc. http://www.hagen.com/
Lamp Product Solar Glo 160W
Lamp ID ????BE13 (11/2007)
Spectrometer USB 2000
Ballast - no ballast or default/unknown ballast -
Reflector
Distance 30 cm
Age 105 hours
Originator (measurement) Frances Baines
Database entry created: Sarina Wunderlich 4/Mar/2010 ; updated: Sarina Wunderlich 8/Oct/2021

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.

WARNING: The measurement range (350 - 800 nm) is not sufficient for this evaluation! Data is only available in the range 270.35 - 751.22 nm. Results are shown anyway but should be ignored by anyone except experts.

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 ( 0.34 ; 0.39 ) ( 0.12 ; 0.36 ) ( 0.27 ; 0.087 ; 0.26 )
CCT 5400 Kelvin 0 Kelvin 8000 Kelvin
distance 0 0.17
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) 3850 µW/cm² = 38.5 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) 3850 µW/cm² = 38.5 W/m²
UVB (EU) ( 280 nm - 315 nm) 60.2 µW/cm² = 0.602 W/m²
UVB (US) ( 280 nm - 320 nm) 61.4 µW/cm² = 0.614 W/m²
UVA+B ( 280 nm - 380 nm) 1020 µW/cm² = 10.2 W/m²
Solar UVB ( 290 nm - 315 nm) 60.2 µW/cm² = 0.602 W/m²
UVA D3 regulating ( 315 nm - 335 nm) 45 µW/cm² = 0.45 W/m²
UVA (EU) ( 315 nm - 380 nm) 959 µW/cm² = 9.59 W/m²
UVA2 (medical definition) ( 320 nm - 340 nm) 57.2 µW/cm² = 0.572 W/m²
UVA (US) ( 320 nm - 380 nm) 958 µW/cm² = 9.58 W/m²
UVA1 (variant) ( 335 nm - 380 nm) 914 µW/cm² = 9.14 W/m²
UVA1 (medical) ( 340 nm - 400 nm) 920 µW/cm² = 9.2 W/m²
vis. UVA ( 350 nm - 380 nm) 883 µW/cm² = 8.83 W/m²
VIS Rep3 ( 350 nm - 600 nm) 3340 µW/cm² = 33.4 W/m²
VIS Rep4 ( 350 nm - 700 nm) 3570 µW/cm² = 35.7 W/m²
purple ( 380 nm - 420 nm) 315 µW/cm² = 3.15 W/m²
VIS ( 380 nm - 780 nm) 2830 µW/cm² = 28.3 W/m²
VIS2 ( 400 nm - 680 nm) 2610 µW/cm² = 26.1 W/m²
PAR ( 400 nm - 700 nm) 2670 µW/cm² = 26.7 W/m²
tmp ( 400 nm - 1100 nm) 2810 µW/cm² = 28.1 W/m²
blue ( 420 nm - 490 nm) 597 µW/cm² = 5.97 W/m²
green ( 490 nm - 575 nm) 790 µW/cm² = 7.9 W/m²
yellow ( 575 nm - 585 nm) 726 µW/cm² = 7.26 W/m²
orange ( 585 nm - 650 nm) 130 µW/cm² = 1.3 W/m²
red ( 650 nm - 780 nm) 276 µW/cm² = 2.76 W/m²
IRA ( 700 nm - 1400 nm) 145 µW/cm² = 1.45 W/m²
IR2 ( 720 nm - 1100 nm) 88.3 µW/cm² = 0.883 W/m²
IRB ( 1400 nm - 3000 nm) 0 µW/cm² = 0 W/m²
Actionspectra
Erythema 1.73 UV-Index
Pyrimidine dimerization of DNA 20.9 µW/cm²
Photoceratitis 3.55 µW/cm²
Photoconjunctivitis 0.0181 µW/cm²
DNA Damage 0.0891
Vitamin D3 8.06 µW/cm²
Photosynthesis 1680 µW/cm²
Luminosity 10300 lx
Human L-Cone 1520 µW/cm²
Human M-Cone 1310 µW/cm²
Human S-Cone 586 µW/cm²
CIE X 1270 µW/cm²
CIE Y 1460 µW/cm²
CIE Z 1030 µW/cm²
PAR 13700000 mol photons
Extinction preD3 59.1 e-3*m²/mol
Extinction Tachysterol 197 e-3*m²/mol
Exctincition PreD3 27200 m²/mol
Extinction Lumisterol 4.46 m²/mol
Exctincition Tachysterol 274000 m²/mol
Extinction 7DHC 2.18 m²/mol
L-Cone 1310 µW/cm²
M-Cone 414 µW/cm²
S-Cone 1230 µW/cm²
U-Cone 1820 µW/cm²
UVR - ICNIRP 2004 1.14 Rel Biol Eff
Melatonin Supression 658 µW/cm²
Blue Light Hazard 681 µW/cm² (66.2 µW/cm² per 1000 lx)
CIE 174:2006 PreVit D3 8.22 µW/cm²
Lumen Reptil 10000 "pseudo-lx"
Vitamin D3 Degradation 10.7 µW/cm²
Actinic UV 1.08 µW/cm² (1.05 mW/klm)
Exctincition Lumisterol 8410 m²/mol
Exctincition 7DHC 3980 m²/mol
Exctincition Toxisterols 4220 m²/mol
Broadbandmeters
Solarmeter 6.2 (UVB, pre 2010) 64.6 µW/cm²
Solarmeter 6.5 (UV-Index, pre 2010) 2.14
Leybold UVB 51.9 µW/cm²
Leybold UVA 674 µW/cm²
Leybold UVC 0 µW/cm²
DeltaOhm UVB 87.4 µW/cm²
DeltaOhm UVC 10.1 µW/cm²
Vernier UVB 17 µW/cm²
Vernier UVA 298 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVA 829 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVB 26.9 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVC -0.0164 µW/cm²
Luxmeter 11100 lx
Solarmeter 6.4 (D3) 6.69 IU/min
UVX-31 124 µW/cm²
IL UVB 0.0273 µW/cm²
IL UVA 891 µW/cm²
Solarmeter 6.5 (UVI, post 2010) 1.96 UV-Index
Solarmeter 6.2 (UVB, post 2010) 36.5 µW/cm² (Solarmeter Ratio = 18.6)
Solarmeter AlGaN 6.5 UVI sensor 39 UV Index
GenUV 7.1 UV-Index 2.09 UV-Index
Solarmeter 10.0 (Global Power) (manuf.) 33.4 W/m²
Solarmeter 4.0 (UVA) 11.7 mW/cm²
LS122 (manuf.) 0 W/m²
ISM400 (first guess) 20.4 W/m²
LS122 (assumption) 1.06 W/m²
ISM400_new 16.2 W/m²
Solarmeter 10.0 (Global Power) (assumption) 30 W/m²