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Heat flux density converter

Heat flowing through an area, per second. 5 units, converted from one table of exact factors.

1 watt/square meter in every other heat flux density unit

Computed by the same engine that runs the converter above, so these can never drift apart from it.

FromEqualsUnit
1 watt/square meter0.001kilowatt/square meter (kW/m²)
1 watt/square meter0.0001watt/square centimeter (W/cm²)
1 watt/square meter0.00002390057361calorie/second·square centimeter (cal/(s·cm²))
1 watt/square meter0.3169983306BTU/hour·square foot (Btu/(h·ft²))

What each unit actually is

Most converters give you a number and stop. Where a figure is exact by definition we say so, and where it is an average or shifts with conditions we say that too — that is usually the thing you needed to know.

UnitSymbolWhat it actually is
watt/square meterW/m²SI. Full sun is roughly 1,000.
kilowatt/square meterkW/m²
watt/square centimeterW/cm²
calorie/second·square centimetercal/(s·cm²)
BTU/hour·square footBtu/(h·ft²)

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