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RadianceUnits Type

In radiometry, radiance is the radiant flux emitted, reflected, transmitted or received by a surface, per unit solid angle per unit projected area. Radiance is used to characterize diffuse emission and reflection of electromagnetic radiation, or to quantify emission of neutrinos and other particles. This is a directional quantity. Historically, radiance is called "intensity" and spectral radiance is called "specific intensity". [Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiance]

Term

radiance

Category

Radiology

Provenance

QUDT

Provenance Uri

http://qudt.org/schema/qudt#RadianceUnit

Note

-

Default Unit

Watt per square meter steradian (W/(m^2-sr))

Dimension Symbol

U-1M1T-3

Dimension Length

-1

Dimension Mass

0

Dimension Time

1

Dimension Current

-3

Dimension Temperature

0

Dimension Amount

0

Dimension Light

0