slaRefv -

SYNOPSYS

PARAMETERS

double *vu

double refa

double refb

double *vr

DESCRIPTION

  Adjust an unrefracted Cartesian vector to include the effect of
  atmospheric refraction, using the simple A tan z + B tan3 z
  model.

Given

    vu    double    unrefracted position of the source (az/el 3-vector)
    refa  double    A: tan z coefficient (radian)
    refb  double    B: tan3 z coefficient (radian)

Returned

    *vr   double    refracted position of the source (az/el 3-vector)

  Note that this routine applies the adjustment for refraction in
  the opposite sense to the usual one - it takes an unrefracted
  (in vacuo) position and produces an observed (refracted)
  position, whereas the basic A tan z + B tan3 z model strictly
  applies to the case where a refracted position is available and
  must be corrected for refraction.  This requires an inverted form of
  the refraction expression;  the algorithm used here is based on
  two iterations of the Newton-Raphson method.

  See also the routine slaRefz, which performs the adjustment to
  the zenith distance rather than in Cartesian az/el coordinates.
  The results from slaRefz are slightly more accurate (in a
  numerical sense) to those produced by the present routine, due to
  the various approximations used in the latter for simplicity and
  speed.

  To avoid arithmetic overflow at the horizon, the z-component is
  artificially constrained to the positive non-zero range.  The
  vector vu must be of unit length;  No check is made.

  P.T.Wallace   Starlink   31 October 1993

SEE ALSO

• slalib.3