Comparison of modeled and observed astronomical refraction of the setting Sun

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 342-353

  Sampson, Russell D ^a   Lozowski, Edward P ^b   Peterson, Arthur E ^b  

^a EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT REFRACTION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; RAY TRACING; SUN;

ASTRONOMICAL REFRACTION;

SPACE OPTICS;

EID: 0037455521     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.000342     Document Type: Article

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