Abstract
PRACTICAL EVALUATION OF ATMOSPHERIC REFRACTION EFFECT ON SURVEYING OBSERVATIONS
Ismat M. Elhassan*
ABSTRACT
The irregular atmospheric refraction is an important source of systematic errors in various surveying observations. One important effect is that on observed vertical angles that are needed for many surveying applications such as trigonometric levelling. In this article the effect of atmospheric refraction on vertical angle observations is studied and results are outlined. It is observed that the highest effect of atmospheric refraction on vertical angle observation occurs during the day, when the sun is vertically above the observer. Irregular effect happens when the sun suddenly rises after being hidden by clouds.
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