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SPECTRAL IRRADIANCE [1 record]

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Record 1 2007-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

The energy at a specific wavelength radiated onto an object of unit area per unit time.

CONT

Spectral irradiance [refers to] the monochromatic irradiance of a surface per unit bandwidth at a particular wavelength, usually expressed in watts per square meter-nanometer bandwidth.

OBS

Spectral irradiance: SI units W/m³, or commonly W·m-2·nm-1.

OBS

spectral irradiance: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
DEF

[...] flux d'énergie incidente sur une surface donnée par unité de temps et de surface, exprimée en W/m² [...]

OBS

irradiance spectrale : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

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