radiation-unit-conversion 0.1

Convert between different radiation units

An easy-to-use Python package for converting between different radiation units

Implementing the STScI units page, since astropy doesn’t like to easily convert between radiation units.

Example

Using astropy units:

import numpy as np
import astropy.units as u
import radiation_unit_conversion.units as units

flambda_spectrum = np.linspace(1,10,10) * u.W/u.m**2/u.micron
wavelength = np.linspace(1,5,10) * u.micron
fnu_spectrum = units.conversion(in_flux=flambda_spectrum, output_units='Jy', in_wavelength=wavelength)

Without using astropy units:

import numpy as np
import radiation_unit_conversion.units as units

flambda_spectrum = np.linspace(1,10,10) # W/m^2/micron
wavelength = np.linspace(1,5,10) # micron
fnu_spectrum = units.conversion(in_flux=flambda_spectrum, output_units='Jy', in_unit='W/m2/um', in_wavelength=wavelength, in_wavelength_units='um')

License

Copyright 2024 Madeline Lam and Evert Nasedkin

radiation_unit_conversion is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more information.