Plant growth BSWF of Flint and Caldwell
PG(norm = 300, w.low = 275, w.high = 390)a waveband object wavelength defining wavelength range, weighting function and normalization wavelength.
normalization wavelength (nm)
short-end boundary wavelength (nm)
long-end boundary wavelength (nm)
The mathematical formulation included by Flint and Caldwell (2003) as an appendix is used. While this formulation is consistently used, the range of wavelengths over which it has been applied has varied. We use the approach of the NSF UV network and extrapolate up to 390 nm. The widely used simulation program TUV uses, instead, 366 nm as the boundary, which makes a significant difference to the computed irradiance values in sunlight.
[1] Flint, S. and Caldwell M. M. (2003) A biological spectral weighting function for ozone depletion research with higher plants Physiologia Plantarum, 2003, 117, 137-144
[2] Micheletti, M. I.; Piacentini, R. D. & Madronich, S. (2003) Sensitivity of Biologically Active UV Radiation to Stratospheric Ozone Changes: Effects of Action Spectrum Shape and Wavelength Range Photochemistry and Photobiology, 78, 456-461
[3] https://www2.acom.ucar.edu/modeling/tropospheric-ultraviolet-and-visible-tuv-radiation-model
GEN_G GEN_T GEN_M and
waveband
Other BSWF weighted wavebands:
CH4(),
DNA_GM(),
DNA_N(),
DNA_P(),
FLAV(),
GEN_G(),
GEN_M(),
GEN_T(),
PAR(),
UV_health_hazard(),
erythema()