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THE SUNBURNING ULTRAVIOLET METER: DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE
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Abstract— A meter for measuring the skin sunburn effectiveness of a light source is being used in an extensive network to provide solar data for correlation to skin cancer incidence. The solar radiation measured also affects a wide variety of organisms. The intensity of this band of radiation is also strongly affected by ozone concentration so that the output correlates with ozone thickness. The meter spectral response is essentially the excitation spectrum of magnesium tungstate phosphor which is similar to the erythema action spectrum (EAS). In addition to the waterproofed, dose reading embodiment, a cheaper, easily transportable, batteryless, intensity reading meter with the same spectral response has been developed. The deviation of any sunburn meter from the ideal erythema action spectrum can be calculated by convolution of a series of solar spectra against each of the two response spectra. Plotting the change in output against the change in input results in straight lines. Either log‐log coordinates are required, or, as is done here, decibels can be used on linear coordinates. The angle between the straight lines is taken as the error. An error angle of 6.5° is calculated for the present meter.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Berger, D. S.
- Venue
- Photochemistry and Photobiology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1976-12
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 587-593
- ISSN
- 0031-8655 (ISSN-L)
- 1751-1097
- OpenAlex
- W2001846989
- Cited by
- 233
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 2.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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