[argyllcms] Re: FWA Compensation

  • From: Graeme Gill <graeme@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 16:05:14 +1100

robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I also ran illumread with an early morning blue sky (winter, Ireland) which
> I would have expected would have a fair amount of UV and this is what I got:
> 
> http://www.irelandupclose.com/customer/LL/morning-blue-sky-permajet-oyster.jpg

Hi,
        I'm not sure that morning sun has much UV either - typically the
atmosphere intersecting sunlight is quite thick in the morning or evening,
which is why UV exposure peaks during the day.

See 
<http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/stratosphere/uv_index/gif_files/diur_uv.gif>
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunburn#mediaviewer/File:UV_Diurnal_Erythemal_Dose_Rate_Per_Latitude_graph.png>

Graeme Gill.


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