ANALYTICAL ESTIMATE OF INFLUENCE OF THE LIMITED ANGULAR SIZE OF THE SUN IN A PROBLEM OF TWILIGHT SOUNDING OF THE ATMOSPHERE

The Sun has finite angular size. Therefore sunrays from different points of the solar disk have different trajectories in the atmosphere. General illumination produced by different parts of the solar disk differs even if the brightness of these parts is identical. Thus the illumination of some point...

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Main Author: L. S. Shakun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Odessa I. I. Mechnykov National University 2017-03-01
Series:Odessa Astronomical Publications
Online Access:http://oap.onu.edu.ua/article/view/93131