Blackbody

Planck's blackbody radiation law (Seinfeld & Pandis 2006 Ch. 4, Eq. 4.2) — the monochromatic emissive power F_B_λ of a blackbody at temperature T as a function of wavelength λ via Planck's constant h, the speed of light c, and the Boltzmann constant k_B: F_B_λ = 2π·c²·h·λ⁻⁵ / (exp(c·h/(k_B·λ·T)) - 1). The component is observed-only: one algebraic equation on one state variable (F_B_λ the monochromatic emissive power per unit wavelength in W/m³) driven by two input parameters (T temperature in K, λ wavelength in m) and four constants (h Planck's constant, c speed of light, k_B Boltzmann constant, π_val mathematical π as a Float64 value). No time derivatives, no PDE, no coupling. Migrated from GasChem.jl@8c12c048 src/radiation_fundamentals.jl:73 (`BlackbodyRadiation` @component). The Planck function is the spectral energy density of thermal radiation from an opaque, non-reflective body in thermodynamic equilibrium — the foundational equation of quantum radiative transfer. Integrating F_B_λ over all wavelengths gives the Stefan-Boltzmann total flux σT⁴ (see stefan_boltzmann.esm); the wavelength where F_B_λ peaks is λ_max = b/T from Wien's displacement law (see wien.esm). At the default T=5800 K (Sun's effective surface temperature) and λ=500 nm (visible green, the canonical solar-peak wavelength), F_B_λ ≈ 8.46e13 W/m³ — the peak intensity that anchors the Sun's irradiance at Earth's distance and the solar-driven photochemistry of the atmosphere. At T=300 K (Earth surface) and λ=10 μm (thermal-IR), F_B_λ ≈ 3.12e7 W/m³ — the canonical longwave outgoing radiation peak that drives the planetary energy balance.

Composed radiation-fundamentals system from Seinfeld & Pandis (2006) Chapter 4 (Eqs. 4.1-4.11). A pure structural aggregation (no coupling equations) of seven independent components: PhotonEnergy (photon energy-frequency-wavelength relations, Eq. 4.1), BlackbodyRadiation (Planck's law, Eq. 4.2), WienDisplacement (peak emission wavelength, Eq. 4.3), StefanBoltzmann (total emissive power, Eq. 4.4), PlanetaryEnergyBalance (Earth's equilibrium temperature, Eqs. 4.5-4.7), ClimateSensitivity (temperature response to forcing, Eqs. 4.8-4.10), and TOARadiativeForcing (net top-of-atmosphere flux, Eq. 4.11). Each component is inlined as a named subsystem; variables are dot-namespaced (RadiationFundamentals.<subsystem>.<var>). Migrated from GasChem.jl@8c12c048 src/radiation_fundamentals.jl:367 (`RadiationFundamentals` @component).

Stefan-Boltzmann law for blackbody radiation — Seinfeld & Pandis (2006) Ch. 4 Eq. 4.4. Total emissive power F_B of a blackbody at temperature T integrated over all wavelengths: F_B = σ·T^4, where σ = 5.671×10⁻⁸ W·m⁻²·K⁻⁴. Migrated from GasChem.jl@8c12c048 src/radiation_fundamentals.jl:164 (`StefanBoltzmann` @component). One observed binding (F_B) over two parameters (T input + σ as a fixed-default parameter encoding the upstream `@constants` block per the rig convention of translating `@constants` to fixed-default parameters so units flow through MTK's unit checker — matches sibling clmu_atmosphere.esm/surface_energy_flux.esm). Closed-form algebraic: after mtkcompile the system has zero ODE states and the inline-test runner exercises F_B at its observed algebraic value.

Wien's displacement law (Seinfeld & Pandis 2006 Ch. 4, Eq. 4.3) — the peak emission wavelength λ_max of a blackbody at temperature T is given by the simple inverse relation λ_max = b / T where b is Wien's displacement constant (2.897×10⁻³ m·K). The component is observed-only: one algebraic equation on one state variable (λ_max the peak wavelength) driven by one input parameter (T the temperature) and one constant (b the displacement constant). No time derivatives, no PDE, no coupling. Migrated from GasChem.jl@8c12c048 src/radiation_fundamentals.jl:121 (`WienDisplacement` @component). Wien's law is one half of the radiative-transfer toolkit for blackbody emission: paired with the Stefan-Boltzmann law σT⁴ (total emitted power) and the Planck function (spectral distribution), it lets a radiative-transfer model identify which spectral region a body's emission concentrates in. The 5800 K Sun peaks at ~500 nm (visible green); the 255 K Earth peaks at ~10 μm (thermal infrared); the 3 K cosmic microwave background peaks at ~1 mm (microwave). The temperature-inverse scaling means hotter sources emit at shorter wavelengths — the canonical fact behind the visible spectrum of stars (red giants vs blue dwarfs) and the separation of solar (shortwave) from terrestrial (longwave) radiation that anchors the planetary energy balance.