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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A formula for the [[optical mass]] ''m'' in terms of the [[zenith distance]] ''z'' of the sun or other celestial body; <div class="display-formula"><blockquote>[[File:ams2001glos-Be9.gif|link=|center|ams2001glos-Be9]]</blockquote></div> </div><br/><div class="paragraph">For values of ''z'' less than about 70& | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A formula for the [[optical mass]] ''m'' in terms of the [[zenith distance]] ''z'' of the sun or other celestial body; <div class="display-formula"><blockquote>[[File:ams2001glos-Be9.gif|link=|center|ams2001glos-Be9]]</blockquote></div> </div><br/><div class="paragraph">For values of ''z'' less than about 70°, Bemporad's formula can be replaced by the simpler approximate formula, <div class="display-formula"><blockquote>[[File:ams2001glos-Be10.gif|link=|center|ams2001glos-Be10]]</blockquote></div></div><br/></div><div class="reference">List, R. J., ed. 1951. Smithsonian Meteorological Tables. 6th rev. ed., . p. 422. </div><br/> | ||
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Bemporad's formula[edit | edit source]
A formula for the optical mass m in terms of the zenith distance z of the sun or other celestial body;
For values of z less than about 70°, Bemporad's formula can be replaced by the simpler approximate formula,
List, R. J., ed. 1951. Smithsonian Meteorological Tables. 6th rev. ed., . p. 422.