
,
of all wavelengths incident from all upward directions on a small element of surface containing the point under consideration divided by the area of the element. SI unit is
.
.
If the radiant power is constant over the surface area considered,
.
,
where
is the radiance at the given point in the various directions of the incident elementary beams of solid angle
and
is the angle between any of the beams and the normal to the surface at the given point.

)
is an equivalent term.
where
is the spectral irradiance at wavelength
.