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. 1996 Mar-Apr;101(2):109–132. doi: 10.6028/jres.101.014

Table 2.

Uncertainty budget for illuminance calibration

Source of uncertainty Relative
standard uncertainty (%)
Type A Type B
s(555)
Spectral responsivity scale 0.11
Comparison of photometer with scale 0.04
F
Measurement scatter (noise) 0.01
Data fitting procedure 0.01
Residual non-uniformity within aperture 0.02
Color temperature of lamp(± 10 K) 0.02
Planckian approximation for lamp 0.02
Infrared leakage   0.003
Ultraviolet leakage and fluorescence   0.002
Correlated s(555) and F
Wavelength calibration 0.04
Numerical aperture 0.05
A
Aperture area (as certified, small apertures) 0.05
Additional
Temperature variation 0.03
Polarization sensitivity 0.01
Electrical current-to-voltage conversion   0.003
Responsivity nonlinearity   0.001
Other 0.12

Combined standard uncertainty 0.19
Expanded uncertainty (k = 2) 0.39