title: Dosimetric and spectroradiometric investigations of glass filtered solar UV.
abstract: The aims of this paper were to investigate how glass-filtered UV irradiances vary with glass thickness, lamination of the glass and the effect of solar zenith angle (SZA), and to measure the glass-filtered UV exposures to different receiving planes with a newly developed UVA dosimeter. Spectroradiometric and dosimetric techniques were employed in the experimental approach. The percentage of the glass-filtered solar UV compared to the unfiltered UV ranged from 59% to 70% and was influenced to a small extent by the glass thickness and the SZA. The laminated glass transmitted 11 to 12% and the windscreen glass transmitted 2.5-2.6%. The influence of the SZA was less for the thicker glass than it was for the thinner glass. The change in transmission was less than 14% for the SZA between 48 degrees and 71 degrees. There was negligible influence due to the SZA on the glass-transmitted UV of the laminated and windscreen glass. The influence of the glass thickness in the range of 2-6 mm on the percentage transmission was less than 16%. The influences of the glass thickness and the SZA on the glass-transmitted UV have been incorporated in the use of a UVA dosimeter for the glass-transmitted UV exposures. The UVA dosimeter was employed in the field to measure the glass-filtered UV exposures to different receiving planes. The UVA dosimeter reported has the potential for personal solar UVA exposure measurements.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Sciences, University of Southern Queensland, Queensland, Australia. parisi@usq.edu.au
authors.forename: Alfio V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Parisi
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Turnbull
authors.forename: Michael G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Kimlin
mesh_terms: D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005898:Glass; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013472:Sunlight