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diff --git a/src/slalib/airmas.f b/src/slalib/airmas.f new file mode 100644 index 0000000..12431c8 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/slalib/airmas.f @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ + 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 |