1976Bulletin of the American Meteorological SocietyRequires access

Integration of the Planck Blackbody Radiation Function

William K. Widger, M. P. Woodall

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Integration of the Planck function over almost any band of wavelengths normally of interest to meteorology is shown now to be practical using modern scientific pocket calculators. A graph of the integral and an example are included.

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Integration of the Planck function over almost any band of wavelengths normally of interest to meteorology is shown now to be practical using modern scientific pocket calculators. A graph of the integral and an example are included.

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Integration of the Planck function over almost any band of wavelengths normally of interest to meteorology is shown now to be practical using modern scientific pocket calculators. A graph of the integral and an example are included.

Key concepts: Black-body radiation, Planck, Physics, Radiation, Wavelength, Function (biology), Planck's law, Theoretical physics

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