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Re: Corrections for refraction in deserts
From: Geoffrey Kolbe
Date: 2006 Mar 7, 06:07 +0000
From: Geoffrey Kolbe
Date: 2006 Mar 7, 06:07 +0000
Thanks for that Frank. That is most useful. It will be interesting to plot Ho error against Hc for my sightings when I get back and see if any significant anomalous dispersion comes out of the data. Geoffrey Kolbe >Here's a refraction table prepared for ocean conditions for every half >degree of altitude from 0 to 5 degrees above the horizon: >33.8' >28.3 >24.1 >20.8 >18.2 >16.1 >14.3 >12.9 >11.7 >10.7 >9.8 >And here's a similar refraction table for desert conditions: >32.4' >27.5 >23.6 >20.5 >18.0 >15.9 >14.3 >12.9 >11.7 >10.7 >9.8 >As you can see, they match for altitudes of 3 degrees and higher. Both >tables are for standard temperature and pressure at sea level so you >still would >need to apply corrections for non-standard T and P and for altitude above sea >level. > >Of course, tables like these are only right when the actual conditions match >the input conditions. It's easy to imagine conditions in the desert, for >example, right after sunrise, when the temperature distribution would not >match >the assumptions above at all. > >-FER >42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W. >www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars