Comparison of true value vs APDS-9960 irradiance reading.
| Distance (cm) | True value (uW/cm2/nm) | Irradiance meter reading (uW/cm2/nm) | Delta | Accuracy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 17.21 | 19.45 | 2.24 | 0.8698 |
| 50 | 23.84 | 27.18 | 3.34 | 0.8599 |
| 40 | 36.78 | 39.99 | 3.21 | 0.9127 |
| 30 | 58.2 | 63.95 | 5.75 | 0.9012 |
| 25 | 78.55 | 84.17 | 5.62 | 0.9285 |
| 20 | 109 | 117.59 | 8.59 | 0.9212 |
| 15 | 154.68 | 164.8 | 10.12 | 0.9346 |
| 10 | 242.78 | 243.17 | 0.39 | 0.9984 |
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The authors would like to thank C. Brooks and G. Antonini for helpful discussions.
JTMG: Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. AW: Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. JM: Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. JMP: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. All authors read and approved the submitted version.
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Files, code, and data can be found at the Open Science Framework: https://osf.io/7dqp6/, DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/7DQP6.
This work was supported by the Thompson Endowment and Frugal Biomed Catalyst Grant. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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