source: trunk/FACT++/pal/palRefz.c@ 20115

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1/*
2*+
3* Name:
4* palRefz
5
6* Purpose:
7* Adjust unrefracted zenith distance
8
9* Language:
10* Starlink ANSI C
11
12* Type of Module:
13* Library routine
14
15* Invocation:
16* void palRefz ( double zu, double refa, double refb, double *zr );
17
18* Arguments:
19* zu = double (Given)
20* Unrefracted zenith distance of the source (radians)
21* refa = double (Given)
22* tan Z coefficient (radians)
23* refb = double (Given)
24* tan**3 Z coefficient (radian)
25* zr = double * (Returned)
26* Refracted zenith distance (radians)
27
28* Description:
29* Adjust an unrefracted zenith distance to include the effect of
30* atmospheric refraction, using the simple A tan Z + B tan**3 Z
31* model (plus special handling for large ZDs).
32
33* Authors:
34* PTW: Patrick T. Wallace
35* TIMJ: Tim Jenness (JAC, Hawaii)
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 formula used here is based on the
47* Newton-Raphson method. For the utmost numerical consistency
48* with the refracted to unrefracted model, two iterations are
49* carried out, achieving agreement at the 1D-11 arcseconds level
50* for a ZD of 80 degrees. The inherent accuracy of the model
51* is, of course, far worse than this - see the documentation for
52* palRefco for more information.
53*
54* - At ZD 83 degrees, the rapidly-worsening A tan Z + B tan^3 Z
55* model is abandoned and an empirical formula takes over. For
56* optical/IR wavelengths, over a wide range of observer heights and
57* corresponding temperatures and pressures, the following levels of
58* accuracy (arcsec, worst case) are achieved, relative to numerical
59* integration through a model atmosphere:
60*
61* ZR error
62*
63* 80 0.7
64* 81 1.3
65* 82 2.4
66* 83 4.7
67* 84 6.2
68* 85 6.4
69* 86 8
70* 87 10
71* 88 15
72* 89 30
73* 90 60
74* 91 150 } relevant only to
75* 92 400 } high-elevation sites
76*
77* For radio wavelengths the errors are typically 50% larger than
78* the optical figures and by ZD 85 deg are twice as bad, worsening
79* rapidly below that. To maintain 1 arcsec accuracy down to ZD=85
80* at the Green Bank site, Condon (2004) has suggested amplifying
81* the amount of refraction predicted by palRefz below 10.8 deg
82* elevation by the factor (1+0.00195*(10.8-E_t)), where E_t is the
83* unrefracted elevation in degrees.
84*
85* The high-ZD model is scaled to match the normal model at the
86* transition point; there is no glitch.
87*
88* - Beyond 93 deg zenith distance, the refraction is held at its
89* 93 deg value.
90*
91* - See also the routine palRefv, which performs the adjustment in
92* Cartesian Az/El coordinates, and with the emphasis on speed
93* rather than numerical accuracy.
94
95* References:
96* Condon,J.J., Refraction Corrections for the GBT, PTCS/PN/35.2,
97* NRAO Green Bank, 2004.
98
99* History:
100* 2012-08-24 (TIMJ):
101* Initial version, ported directly from Fortran SLA
102* Adapted with permission from the Fortran SLALIB library.
103* {enter_further_changes_here}
104
105* Copyright:
106* Copyright (C) 2004 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
107* Copyright (C) 2012 Science and Technology Facilities Council.
108* All Rights Reserved.
109
110* Licence:
111* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
112* modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
113* published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of
114* the License, or (at your option) any later version.
115*
116* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
117* useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
118* warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
119* PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
120*
121* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
122* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
123* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
124* MA 02110-1301, USA.
125
126* Bugs:
127* {note_any_bugs_here}
128*-
129*/
130
131#include <math.h>
132
133#include "pal.h"
134#include "palmac.h"
135
136void palRefz ( double zu, double refa, double refb, double *zr ) {
137
138 /* Constants */
139
140 /* Largest usable ZD (deg) */
141 const double D93 = 93.0;
142
143 /* ZD at which one model hands over to the other (radians) */
144 const double Z83 = 83.0 * PAL__DD2R;
145
146 /* coefficients for high ZD model (used beyond ZD 83 deg) */
147 const double C1 = +0.55445;
148 const double C2 = -0.01133;
149 const double C3 = +0.00202;
150 const double C4 = +0.28385;
151 const double C5 = +0.02390;
152
153 /* High-ZD-model prefiction (deg) for that point */
154 const double REF83 = (C1+C2*7.0+C3*49.0)/(1.0+C4*7.0+C5*49.0);
155
156 double zu1,zl,s,c,t,tsq,tcu,ref,e,e2;
157
158 /* perform calculations for zu or 83 deg, whichever is smaller */
159 zu1 = DMIN(zu,Z83);
160
161 /* functions of ZD */
162 zl = zu1;
163 s = sin(zl);
164 c = cos(zl);
165 t = s/c;
166 tsq = t*t;
167 tcu = t*tsq;
168
169 /* refracted zd (mathematically to better than 1 mas at 70 deg) */
170 zl = zl-(refa*t+refb*tcu)/(1.0+(refa+3.0*refb*tsq)/(c*c));
171
172 /* further iteration */
173 s = sin(zl);
174 c = cos(zl);
175 t = s/c;
176 tsq = t*t;
177 tcu = t*tsq;
178 ref = zu1-zl+
179 (zl-zu1+refa*t+refb*tcu)/(1.0+(refa+3.0*refb*tsq)/(c*c));
180
181 /* special handling for large zu */
182 if (zu > zu1) {
183 e = 90.0-DMIN(D93,zu*PAL__DR2D);
184 e2 = e*e;
185 ref = (ref/REF83)*(C1+C2*e+C3*e2)/(1.0+C4*e+C5*e2);
186 }
187
188 /* return refracted zd */
189 *zr = zu-ref;
190
191}
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