brightness temperature

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Term: brightness temperature
Definition:

The equivalent blackbody temperature at a specified wavelength of a uniform source filling the resolution element of the telescope.
NOAA SWPC SpWx Glossary Planetary Astrophysics Heliophysics
Created 2023.04.16
Last Modified 2023.04.16
Contributed by Ryan McGranaghan
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