A method to correct IACT data for atmospheric absorption due to the Saharan Air Layer

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 493, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 721-725

  Dorner, D ^a   Nilsson, K ^b   Bretz, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atmospheric effects; Gamma rays: observations; Methods: data analysis; Techniques: photometric

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; IONIZING RADIATION; LANTHANUM; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTOMETRY; SOLAR RADIATION; STARS; TELESCOPES; X RAY CAMERAS;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC ABSORPTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; CHERENKOV; CHERENKOV TELESCOPES; CORRECTION FACTORS; DATA QUALITIES; FLUX MEASUREMENTS; GAMMA FLUXES; GAMMA RAYS: OBSERVATIONS; GAMMA-RAY; LONG-TERM MONITORING; METHODS: DATA ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; TECHNIQUES: PHOTOMETRIC; TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 59049083468     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200809618     Document Type: Article

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