Name

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    BB_RADIANCE

Purpose

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    This function will return either the spectral radiance(s) at a
    specific wavelength or at a discrete set of wavelengths provided
    in an array or it will return the spectrally integrated radiance
    across a bandpass specified by the wavelength limits for a
    provided absolute temperature.

Category

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    Radiometry.

Calling Sequence

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    Result = $
      BB_RADIANCE( absoluteTemperature, $
                    wavelength, $
                    LIMITS=limits, $
                    UNITS=units

Inputs

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    absoluteTemperature
      A scalar indicating the absolute temperature for
      which you would like to compute the spectral or
      spectrally-integrated radiance [K].
    wavelength
      A scalar or array variable containing the wavelength
      or wavelengths for which you would like to compute
      the blackbody radiance [microns].

Keyword Parameters

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    LIMITS
      A two-element vector defining the lower and upper
      limit of the bandpass for which you would like to
      compute the spectrally-integrated radiance [microns].
    UNITS
      A scalar indicating the units that the returned
      radiance should have, namely
          0: W / m^2 / sr / micron (DEFAULT)
          1: W / cm^2 / sr / micron
          2: mW / m^2 / sr / micron
          3: mW / cm^2 / sr / micron

Return Value

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    Result will contain the spectral or spectrally-integrated blackbody radiance

Side Effects

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    NONE

Modification History

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    Written by: Carl Salvaggio
    December, 2008 Original code
   

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