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New Illuminance Determination Procedure: Adaptation
Scotopic Adaptation
Luminance < 0.001 cd/m
2
Mesopic Adaptations
0.001 cd/m
2
<
Luminance < 10 cd/m
2
Photopic Adaptation
Luminance > 10 cd/m
2
New Illuminance Determination Procedure: Adaptation
Adaptation State
Expressed as a Photopic Luminance
Spectrum
Expressed as a Ratio of Scotopic to Photopic Lumens
New Illuminance Determination Procedure: Adaptation
The New Handbook recommends the Average Photopic
Luminance in the Field of View be used to Determine the
State of Adaptation
New Illuminance Determination Procedure: Adaptation
The New Handbook recommends that the Spectrum be
specified by its S/P
S/P: Ratio of Scotopic to Photopic Lumens
A single number that indicates the relative amount of
short wavelength optical radiation in a spectrum S( )
Scotopic Lumens 1700 S( ) v( )d
S/P = =
Photopic Lumens 683 S( ) v( )d
New Illuminance Determination Procedure: Adaptation
The New Handbook recommends the use of Mesopic
Multipliers to Scale Photopic Recommended Illuminances
Multipliers depend on adaptation state
Multipliers depend on spectrum, as expressed by S/P
Multipliers provide the transformation (scaling) from
mesopic to photopic photometry
All analyses uses only photopic photometry
Luminance (0.03)
Source S/P (1.81)
Recommendation
multiplier (0.70)
New Illuminance Determination Procedure: Adaptation
New Illuminance Determination Procedure: Adaptation
Mesopic Multipliers can be used to:
Determine how the State of Adaptation and
The Spectrum of the Proposed Lighting System
Modify a Photopic Recommended Illuminance
Mesopic Multipliers should NOT be used to modify
Photopic Recommended Illuminances in Applications
where Vehicular Traffic Moves at Speeds > 40 kph (25
mph)
Determining a Mesopic Multiplier Requires Estimating the
Adaptation Luminance
The Average Luminance in the Field of View can be Used as
the Adaptation Luminance.
New Illuminance Determination Procedure: Adaptation
Recall that if a surface is diffusely reflective with a
reflectance of and enjoys an average illuminance of E,
then its average luminance L is:
If the illuminance is in lux, the luminance will be
candela/m
2
L E