Radiant exitance Radiant exitance of a
surface, denoted ("e" for "energetic", to avoid confusion with
photometric quantities), is defined as M_\mathrm{e} = \frac{\partial \Phi_\mathrm{e}}{\partial A}, where is the
partial derivative symbol, is the
radiant flux emitted, and is the
surface area. The radiant flux
received by a surface is called
irradiance. The radiant exitance of a
black surface, according to the
Stefan–Boltzmann law, is equal to: M_\mathrm{e}^\circ = \sigma T^4, where is the
Stefan–Boltzmann constant, and is the temperature of that surface. For a real surface, the radiant exitance is equal to: M_\mathrm{e} = \varepsilon M_\mathrm{e}^\circ = \varepsilon \sigma T^4, where is the
emissivity of that surface.
Spectral exitance Spectral exitance in frequency of a
surface, denoted
Me,ν, is defined as :M_{\mathrm{e},\nu} = \frac{\partial M_\mathrm{e}}{\partial \nu}, where is the frequency.
Spectral exitance in wavelength of a
surface, denoted
Me,λ, is defined as M_{\mathrm{e},\lambda} = \frac{\partial M_\mathrm{e}}{\partial \lambda}, where is the wavelength. The spectral exitance of a
black surface around a given frequency or wavelength, according to
Lambert's cosine law and
Planck's law, is equal to: : \begin{align} M_{\mathrm{e},\nu}^\circ & = \pi L_{\mathrm{e},\Omega,\nu}^\circ = \frac{2\pi h\nu^3}{c^2} \frac{1}{e^\frac{h\nu}{kT} - 1}, \\[8pt] M_{\mathrm{e},\lambda}^\circ & = \pi L_{\mathrm{e},\Omega,\lambda}^\circ = \frac{2\pi hc^2}{\lambda^5} \frac{1}{e^\frac{hc}{\lambda kT} - 1}, \end{align} where is the
Planck constant, is the frequency, is the wavelength, is the
Boltzmann constant, is the
speed of light in vacuum, is the temperature of that surface. For a real surface, the spectral exitance is equal to: \begin{align} M_{\mathrm{e},\nu} & = \varepsilon M_{\mathrm{e},\nu}^\circ = \frac{2\pi h\varepsilon \nu^3}{c^2} \frac{1}{e^\frac{h\nu}{kT} - 1}, \\[8pt] M_{\mathrm{e},\lambda} & = \varepsilon M_{\mathrm{e},\lambda}^\circ = \frac{2\pi h\varepsilon c^2}{\lambda^5} \frac{1}{e^\frac{hc}{\lambda kT} - 1}. \end{align} where \varepsilon is the emittance of the surface. ==SI radiometry units==