BB_TEMPERATURE
Name
BB_TEMPERATURE
Purpose
This function will return the blackbody temperature corresponding
to either the provided spectral radiance or the spectrally-
integrated radiance at the specified wavelength or within the
specified bandpass.
Category
Radiometry.
Calling Sequence
Result = $
BB_TEMPERATURE( radiance, $
wavelength, $
LIMITS=limits, $
UNITS=units
Inputs
radiance
A scalar indicating the spectral radiance or the
intgrated spectral radaince for which the blackbody
temperature is to be determined.
wavelength
A scalar variable containing the wavelength for
which you would like to compute the blackbody
temperature [microns].
Keyword Parameters
LIMITS
A two-element vector defining the lower and upper
limit of the bandpass over which the provide spectral
or spectrally-integrated radiance defined [microns].
UNITS
A scalar indicating the units of the provided radiance
value, 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
Restrictions
The blackbody temperature must be in the range 1 to 1000000K
Return Value
Result will contain the blackbody temperature for the provided spectral
or spectrally-integrated blackbody radiance
Side Effects
None
Modification History
Written by: Carl Salvaggio
December, 2008 Original code
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