Lambert
type: Unit
description: The lambert (symbol $L$, $la$ or $Lb$) is a non-SI unit of luminance. A related unit of luminance, the foot-lambert, is used in the lighting, cinema and flight simulation industries. The SI unit is the candela per square metre ($cd/m^2$).
applicable system: CGS
conversion multiplier: 3183.0988618
conversion multiplier SN: 3.1830988618E3
dbpedia match: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Lambert
derived coherent unit of system: CGS
factor unit scalar: 3183.0988618
has dimension vector: A0E0L-2I1M0H0T0D0
has factor unit: FactorUnit
  exponent: 1
  has unit: CD
has factor unit: FactorUnit
  exponent: -2
  has unit: http://qudt.org/vocab/unit/M
has quantity kind: Luminance
iec61360 code: 0112/2///62720#UAB259
informative reference: https://cdd.iec.ch/cdd/iec62720/iec62720.nsf/Units/0112-2---62720%23UAB259
informative reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambert
om unit: lambert
symbol: L
ucum code: Lmb
unece common code: P30
unit for quantity kind: Luminance
wikidata match: Q905912