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Re: Very Small Altitude-Accurate Results
From: Ron Jones
Date: 2015 Aug 10, 20:20 -0700
From: Ron Jones
Date: 2015 Aug 10, 20:20 -0700
The attached PDF (extracted from the Hs to Ho worksheet) shows the correction factor that is to be applied to Ro to correct for for non standar temperature & pressure. The band of purple cells shows the range of temperatures & pressures for which the correction is less than or equal to 2%
the Excel workbook that contains the Hs to Ho worksheet can be downloaded from the link shown below.
Ron
[XLS]Celestial Navigation Workbook - District 16
www.uspsd16.org/officers_tools/celestial_navigator.xlsm
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