equivalent blackbody temperature
From Glossary of Meteorology
- For a radiating body, the temperature of a blackbody that emits the same radiant flux density.
where E is the radiant flux density emitted by the body, with SI units of watts per square meter, and σ (5.670 × 10-8 W m-2K-4) is the Stefan–Boltzmann constant. This definition is not restricted to solid bodies but applies also to gases and liquids.
- (Also known as brightness temperature.) The apparent temperature of a nonblackbody determined by measurement with a radiometer.