Lambertian

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In radiometry, a lambertian surface reflects incident flux equally over the entire hemisphere. This means the surface is perfectly diffuse.

For the lambertian case, and only for the lambertian case, is it possible to convert directly from irradiance to radiance by dividing by a factor of .