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Absolute Solar Intensities and the Solar Constant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2017

H. Neckel  and
D. Labs
H. Neckel
Affiliation:
Hamburg Observatory
D. Labs
Affiliation:
Heidelberg Observatory, F.R.G.

Abstract

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Absolute intensity measurements made in high altitudes on board of an aircraft are of less accuracy than ground based observations made at locations with favourable atmospheric conditions. As things stand, the rms-errors appear to be ⩾ 3% and ⩽ 2% respectively. Some of the reasons are sketched.

Type
Part V: Ground Based and Extraterrestrial Observations of Stellar Flux
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 54: Problems of Calibration of Absolute Magnitudes and Temperature of Stars , 1973 , pp. 149 - 152
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1973 

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