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1/*
2*+
3* Name:
4* palRefv
5
6* Purpose:
7* Adjust an unrefracted Cartesian vector to include the effect of atmospheric refraction
8
9* Language:
10* Starlink ANSI C
11
12* Type of Module:
13* Library routine
14
15* Invocation:
16* void palRefv ( double vu[3], double refa, double refb, double vr[3] );
17
18* Arguments:
19* vu[3] = double (Given)
20* Unrefracted position of the source (Az/El 3-vector)
21* refa = double (Given)
22* tan Z coefficient (radian)
23* refb = double (Given)
24* tan**3 Z coefficient (radian)
25* vr[3] = double (Returned)
26* Refracted position of the source (Az/El 3-vector)
27
28* Description:
29* Adjust an unrefracted Cartesian vector to include the effect of
30* atmospheric refraction, using the simple A tan Z + B tan**3 Z
31* model.
32
33* Authors:
34* TIMJ: Tim Jenness
35* PTW: Patrick Wallace
36* {enter_new_authors_here}
37
38* Notes:
39* - This routine applies the adjustment for refraction in the
40* opposite sense to the usual one - it takes an unrefracted
41* (in vacuo) position and produces an observed (refracted)
42* position, whereas the A tan Z + B tan**3 Z model strictly
43* applies to the case where an observed position is to have the
44* refraction removed. The unrefracted to refracted case is
45* harder, and requires an inverted form of the text-book
46* refraction models; the algorithm used here is equivalent to
47* one iteration of the Newton-Raphson method applied to the above
48* formula.
49*
50* - Though optimized for speed rather than precision, the present
51* routine achieves consistency with the refracted-to-unrefracted
52* A tan Z + B tan**3 Z model at better than 1 microarcsecond within
53* 30 degrees of the zenith and remains within 1 milliarcsecond to
54* beyond ZD 70 degrees. The inherent accuracy of the model is, of
55* course, far worse than this - see the documentation for palRefco
56* for more information.
57*
58* - At low elevations (below about 3 degrees) the refraction
59* correction is held back to prevent arithmetic problems and
60* wildly wrong results. For optical/IR wavelengths, over a wide
61* range of observer heights and corresponding temperatures and
62* pressures, the following levels of accuracy (arcsec, worst case)
63* are achieved, relative to numerical integration through a model
64* atmosphere:
65*
66* ZD error
67*
68* 80 0.7
69* 81 1.3
70* 82 2.5
71* 83 5
72* 84 10
73* 85 20
74* 86 55
75* 87 160
76* 88 360
77* 89 640
78* 90 1100
79* 91 1700 } relevant only to
80* 92 2600 } high-elevation sites
81*
82* The results for radio are slightly worse over most of the range,
83* becoming significantly worse below ZD=88 and unusable beyond
84* ZD=90.
85*
86* - See also the routine palRefz, which performs the adjustment to
87* the zenith distance rather than in Cartesian Az/El coordinates.
88* The present routine is faster than palRefz and, except very low down,
89* is equally accurate for all practical purposes. However, beyond
90* about ZD 84 degrees palRefz should be used, and for the utmost
91* accuracy iterative use of palRefro should be considered.
92
93* History:
94* 2014-07-15 (TIMJ):
95* Initial version. A direct copy of the Fortran SLA implementation.
96* Adapted with permission from the Fortran SLALIB library.
97* {enter_further_changes_here}
98
99* Copyright:
100* Copyright (C) 2014 Tim Jenness
101* Copyright (C) 2004 Patrick Wallace
102* All Rights Reserved.
103
104* Licence:
105* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
106* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
107* published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of
108* the License, or (at your option) any later version.
109*
110* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
111* useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
112* warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
113* PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
114*
115* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
116* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
117* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
118* MA 02110-1301, USA.
119
120* Bugs:
121* {note_any_bugs_here}
122*-
123*/
124
125#include "pal.h"
126#include "palmac.h"
127#include <math.h>
128
129void palRefv ( double vu[3], double refa, double refb, double vr[3] ) {
130
131 double x,y,z1,z,zsq,rsq,r,wb,wt,d,cd,f;
132
133 /* Initial estimate = unrefracted vector */
134 x = vu[0];
135 y = vu[1];
136 z1 = vu[2];
137
138 /* Keep correction approximately constant below about 3 deg elevation */
139 z = DMAX(z1,0.05);
140
141 /* One Newton-Raphson iteration */
142 zsq = z*z;
143 rsq = x*x+y*y;
144 r = sqrt(rsq);
145 wb = refb*rsq/zsq;
146 wt = (refa+wb)/(1.0+(refa+3.0*wb)*(zsq+rsq)/zsq);
147 d = wt*r/z;
148 cd = 1.0-d*d/2.0;
149 f = cd*(1.0-wt);
150
151 /* Post-refraction x,y,z */
152 vr[0] = x*f;
153 vr[1] = y*f;
154 vr[2] = cd*(z+d*r)+(z1-z);
155}
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