The Refraction Correction of Elevation Angle for the Mean Annual Global Reference Atmosphere

<table class="table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Method</td><td class="align_center">Mean</td><td class="align_center">RMS</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">New</td><td class="align_center">−0.0506</td><td class="align_center">0.1291</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">P.834-9</td><td class="align_center">−0.0615</td><td class="align_center">0.1373</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">F.1333-1</td><td class="align_center">−0.0607</td><td class="align_center">0.1417</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Errors for an orbit of 36,000 km for the low-latitude annual reference atmosphere when the apparent elevation angle is known (in degrees).</div>

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

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Table 5

Table 5: The Refraction Correction of Elevation Angle for the Mean Annual Global Reference Atmosphere 