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+ DOUBLE PRECISION FUNCTION sla_AIRMAS (ZD)
+*+
+* - - - - - - -
+* A I R M A S
+* - - - - - - -
+*
+* Air mass at given zenith distance (double precision)
+*
+* Given:
+* ZD d Observed zenith distance (radians)
+*
+* The result is an estimate of the air mass, in units of that
+* at the zenith.
+*
+* Notes:
+*
+* 1) The "observed" zenith distance referred to above means "as
+* affected by refraction".
+*
+* 2) Uses Hardie's (1962) polynomial fit to Bemporad's data for
+* the relative air mass, X, in units of thickness at the zenith
+* as tabulated by Schoenberg (1929). This is adequate for all
+* normal needs as it is accurate to better than 0.1% up to X =
+* 6.8 and better than 1% up to X = 10. Bemporad's tabulated
+* values are unlikely to be trustworthy to such accuracy
+* because of variations in density, pressure and other
+* conditions in the atmosphere from those assumed in his work.
+*
+* 3) The sign of the ZD is ignored.
+*
+* 4) At zenith distances greater than about ZD = 87 degrees the
+* air mass is held constant to avoid arithmetic overflows.
+*
+* References:
+* Hardie, R.H., 1962, in "Astronomical Techniques"
+* ed. W.A. Hiltner, University of Chicago Press, p180.
+* Schoenberg, E., 1929, Hdb. d. Ap.,
+* Berlin, Julius Springer, 2, 268.
+*
+* Original code by P.W.Hill, St Andrews
+*
+* P.T.Wallace Starlink 18 March 1999
+*
+* Copyright (C) 1999 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
+*-
+
+ IMPLICIT NONE
+
+ DOUBLE PRECISION ZD
+
+ DOUBLE PRECISION SECZM1
+
+
+ SECZM1 = 1D0/(COS(MIN(1.52D0,ABS(ZD))))-1D0
+ sla_AIRMAS = 1D0 + SECZM1*(0.9981833D0
+ : - SECZM1*(0.002875D0 + 0.0008083D0*SECZM1))
+
+ END