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On the characteristics of astronomical refraction in the northern hemisphere

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

C. Sugawa  and
N. Kikuchi
C. Sugawa
Affiliation:
International Latitude Observatory of Mizusawa, 023 Japan
N. Kikuchi
Affiliation:
International Latitude Observatory of Mizusawa, 023 Japan

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The astronomical refraction mainly depends on the vertical structure or the height profile of atmospheric density. Concerning the vertical structure of atmospheric density, various hypotheses were presented during the last century. Among them Newton's hypothesis of equal temperature and Ivory's one that temperature diminishes at a uniform rate with height appear to represent the height profile of temperature approximately in the lower part of the stratosphere and in the troposphere respectively.

Type
Research Article
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 89: Refractional Influences in Astrometry Andgeodesy , 1979 , pp. 103 - 117
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1979 

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