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Light measurement and the terminology of low
Author(s) -
BELL C. J.,
ROSE D. A.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
plant, cell and environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.646
H-Index - 200
eISSN - 1365-3040
pISSN - 0140-7791
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3040.1981.tb01043.x
Subject(s) - terminology , confusion , ambiguity , energy flow , photon , energy (signal processing) , light energy , computer science , optics , physics , mathematics , linguistics , programming language , statistics , philosophy , psychology , psychoanalysis
. This paper (i) considers the measurement of light in terms of the flow of radiant energy or of particles in a vector field; (ii) derives terminology and units for the specification of light as a flow of radiant energy or of photons which satisfy both the requirements of SI and are physically consistent and (iii) recommends that this terminology is adopted by all plant scientists to avoid ambiguity, confusion and the proliferation of synonyms when reporting light measurements.