Radiosity (radiometry)

Radiosity
Common symbols	${\displaystyle J_{\mathrm {e} }}$
SI unit	W·m−2
Other units	erg·cm−2·s−1
Dimension	M T−3

In radiometry, radiosity is the radiant flux leaving (emitted, reflected and transmitted by) a surface per unit area, and spectral radiosity is the radiosity of a surface per unit frequency or wavelength, depending on whether the spectrum is taken as a function of frequency or of wavelength.^[1] The SI unit of radiosity is the watt per square metre (W/m²), while that of spectral radiosity in frequency is the watt per square metre per hertz (W·m⁻²·Hz⁻¹) and that of spectral radiosity in wavelength is the watt per square metre per metre (W·m⁻³)—commonly the watt per square metre per nanometre (W·m⁻²·nm⁻¹). The CGS unit erg per square centimeter per second (erg·cm⁻²·s⁻¹) is often used in astronomy. Radiosity is often called intensity^[2] in branches of physics other than radiometry, but in radiometry this usage leads to confusion with radiant intensity.