Radiance

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Radiance is a term in radiometry. It is defined as:

L = d 2 Φ d A d Ω c o s θ {\displaystyle L={\frac {d^{2}\Phi }{dAd\Omega cos\theta }}}

Where  Φ {\displaystyle \Phi } is radiant flux,  A {\displaystyle A} is an area, and  Ω {\displaystyle \Omega } is a solid angle.

Typical units are  [ W m 2 s r ] {\displaystyle [{\frac {W}{m^{2}sr}}]} where "sr" means steradians.