Table 2.
Uncertainty Source | Uncertainty Cause | Symbol | Type | Distribution | Measurement Conditions | |||
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Indoor (After Subject Acclimatisation) |
Outdoor (Without Subject Acclimatisation) |
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Expanded Uncertainty | Standard Uncertainty | Expanded Uncertainty | Standard Uncertainty | |||||
Measurand | Individual and Spatial | A | Normal | 0.20 °C | 0.10 °C | 0.20 °C | 0.10 °C | |
Temporal | A | Rectangular | 0.25 °C | 0.09 °C | 0.50 °C | 0.18 °C | ||
Environmental | B | Rectangular | 0.25 °C | 0.09 °C | 0.50 °C | 0.18 °C | ||
Instrument | Calibration | B | Normal | 0.15 °C | 0.08 °C | 0.15 °C | 0.08 °C | |
Drift | B | Normal | 0.10 °C | 0.05 °C | 0.10 °C | 0.05 °C | ||
Temperature resolution | A | Normal | 0.10 °C | 0.05 °C | 0.10 °C | 0.05 °C | ||
Response time | A/B | Normal | negligible | - | negligible | - | ||
Environmental Influence quantities | Temperature effect 1 | B | Rectangular | 0.10 °C | 0.04 °C | 0.20 °C | 0.07 °C | |
Skin emissivity 2 | B | Rectangular | 0.05 °C | 0.02 °C | 0.10 °C | 0.04 °C | ||
Mean radiant temperature 3 | B | Rectangular | 0.05 °C | 0.02 °C | 0.20 °C | 0.07 °C | ||
Operator | Target uniformity | B | Rectangular | 0.05 °C | 0.02 °C | 0.05 °C | 0.02 °C | |
Angle incidence | A/B | Normal | negligible | - | negligible | - | ||
Composed Uncertainty | fixed threshold | 0.40 °C | 0.20 °C | 0.62 °C | 0.31 °C | |||
statistical threshold | 0.28 °C | 0.14 °C | 0.42 °C | 0.21 °C |
1 Evaluated on the basis of a device temperature between 20 ± 2 °C (20 ± 5 °C) for indoor (outdoor) conditions. 2 Evaluated on the basis of a skin emissivity between 0.980 ± 0.003 (0.980 ± 0.006) for indoor (outdoor). 3 Evaluated on the basis of a mean radiant temperature between 20 ± 2 °C (20 ± 10 °C) for indoor (outdoor) conditions.