hemispherical-directional transmittance

[7.5.3.3] τ(2π;θt,φt)

The ratio of transmitted flux collected over an element of solid angle surrounding the given direction to the incident flux from the entire hemisphere. (See Figure 17.)

Figure 17
Figure 17

Note: The direction of collection and size of the solid angle “element” must be specified.

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