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. 2018 Oct 31;29(6):753–764. doi: 10.1038/s41370-018-0087-0

Table 3.

Daily (08:00–17:00) direct, diffuse, reflected, and total UVR doses [J/m2] estimated for unprotected periorbital, ocular, and facial skin zones during: (1) a cloudless summer day, (2) a cloudy summer day, and (3) a cloudless winter day with high reflection from the ground in a “looking-straight ahead” head position

Exposure Periorbital skin zones Ocular skin zones Facial skin zones
Solar UVR component Exposure conditiona Lateral Lower Tear duct Upper Cornea White lateral White medial Cheeks Nose
Daily UVR doses [J/m2] Head without sunglasses
Diffuse 1 698.6 766.1 864.1 641.4 1005.0 773.6 664.9 1052.2 1125.9
2 280.0 278.0 340.2 275.5 393.5 345.5 270.0 409.0 438.1
3 129.1 141.6 159.7 118.5 185.7 143.0 122.9 194.4 208.0
Direct 1 243.7 286.4 623.5 328.3 690.0 288.8 161.7 742.1 1050.7
2 0.5 0.3 1.0 0.5 1.0 0.4 0.3 1.0 1.6
3 56.7 68.4 71.6 61.2 90.2 65.5 71.0 64.0 66.6
Reflected 1 29.6 27.5 21.8 26.8 23.4 28.5 25.2 23.2 18.6
2 5.9 5.7 4.5 5.6 4.8 5.9 5.2 4.8 4.0
3 208 193.4 153.1 188.1 164.2 200.5 177.4 163.3 130.9
Total 1 971.9 1080 1509.4 996.5 1718.4 1090.9 851.8 1817.5 2195.2
2 286.4 284 345.7 281.6 399.3 351.8 275.5 414.8 443.7
3 393.8 403.4 384.4 367.8 440.1 409.0 371.3 421.7 405.5

aSee Table 1 for the specific exposure conditions