Definitions
- Radiant flux (W) - the rate at which light energy is emitted
- Steradian (sr) - a unit of solid (3D) angle (there are 4 p steradians in a sphere)
- Radiant Intensity (W/sr) - the rate that light energy is radiated through a given solid angle
- Radiance (W/(sr m2)) - the rate of energy radiated through a given solid angle as seen reflected from a surface
(i.e. the hemisphere is projected onto the surface)
- Irradiance (W/m2) - the rate of incident or incoming energy at a surface point per unit surface area.
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