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EU:  WATT_PER_SQ_METRE_SR

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 238
Symbol: W/(m2 · sr)
EQ label: RADIANCE
 
Quantities associated with this Unit

Quantity: radiance
Concept definition: At a point on a surface and in a given direction, (dI/dA) (1/cos α), where dI is the radiant intensity [ISO 80000-7:2008, item 7-14] emitted from an element of the surface with area dA [ISO 80000-3:2006, item 3-3] and angle α is the angle between the normal to the surface and the given direction.
1 W/(m2 · sr) = 1 kg/(s3 · sr).
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [ISO 80000-7:2008, item 7-15.a]
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