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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&deg;, 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/>  
<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&#x000b0;, 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;
ams2001glos-Be9

For values of z less than about 70°, Bemporad's formula can be replaced by the simpler approximate formula,
ams2001glos-Be10

List, R. J., ed. 1951. Smithsonian Meteorological Tables. 6th rev. ed., . p. 422.


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