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/// Refraction constants
///
/// Determine the constants A and B in the atmospheric refraction model
/// dZ = A tan Z + B tan^3 Z.
///
/// Z is the "observed" zenith distance (i.e. affected by refraction)
/// and dZ is what to add to Z to give the "topocentric" (i.e. in vacuo)
/// zenith distance.
///
/// This function is part of the International Astronomical Union's
/// SOFA (Standards of Fundamental Astronomy) software collection.
///
/// Status: support function.
///
/// Given:
/// ```
/// phpa double pressure at the observer (hPa = millibar)
/// tc double ambient temperature at the observer (deg C)
/// rh double relative humidity at the observer (range 0-1)
/// wl double wavelength (micrometers)
/// ```
/// Returned:
/// ```
/// refa double* tan Z coefficient (radians)
/// refb double* tan^3 Z coefficient (radians)
/// ```
/// Notes:
///
/// 1) The model balances speed and accuracy to give good results in
/// applications where performance at low altitudes is not paramount.
/// Performance is maintained across a range of conditions, and
/// applies to both optical/IR and radio.
///
/// 2) The model omits the effects of (i) height above sea level (apart
/// from the reduced pressure itself), (ii) latitude (i.e. the
/// flattening of the Earth), (iii) variations in tropospheric lapse
/// rate and (iv) dispersive effects in the radio.
///
/// The model was tested using the following range of conditions:
///
/// lapse rates 0.0055, 0.0065, 0.0075 deg/meter
/// latitudes 0, 25, 50, 75 degrees
/// heights 0, 2500, 5000 meters ASL
/// pressures mean for height -10% to +5% in steps of 5%
/// temperatures -10 deg to +20 deg with respect to 280 deg at SL
/// relative humidity 0, 0.5, 1
/// wavelengths 0.4, 0.6, ... 2 micron, + radio
/// zenith distances 15, 45, 75 degrees
///
/// The accuracy with respect to raytracing through a model
/// atmosphere was as follows:
/// ```
/// worst RMS
///
/// optical/IR 62 mas 8 mas
/// radio 319 mas 49 mas
/// ```
/// For this particular set of conditions:
/// ```
/// lapse rate 0.0065 K/meter
/// latitude 50 degrees
/// sea level
/// pressure 1005 mb
/// temperature 280.15 K
/// humidity 80%
/// wavelength 5740 Angstroms
/// ```
/// the results were as follows:
/// ```
/// ZD raytrace iauRefco Saastamoinen
///
/// 10 10.27 10.27 10.27
/// 20 21.19 21.20 21.19
/// 30 33.61 33.61 33.60
/// 40 48.82 48.83 48.81
/// 45 58.16 58.18 58.16
/// 50 69.28 69.30 69.27
/// 55 82.97 82.99 82.95
/// 60 100.51 100.54 100.50
/// 65 124.23 124.26 124.20
/// 70 158.63 158.68 158.61
/// 72 177.32 177.37 177.31
/// 74 200.35 200.38 200.32
/// 76 229.45 229.43 229.42
/// 78 267.44 267.29 267.41
/// 80 319.13 318.55 319.10
///
/// deg arcsec arcsec arcsec
/// ```
/// The values for Saastamoinen's formula (which includes terms
/// up to tan^5) are taken from Hohenkerk and Sinclair (1985).
///
/// 3) A wl value in the range 0-100 selects the optical/IR case and is
/// wavelength in micrometers. Any value outside this range selects
/// the radio case.
///
/// 4) Outlandish input parameters are silently limited to
/// mathematically safe values. Zero pressure is permissible, and
/// causes zeroes to be returned.
///
/// 5) The algorithm draws on several sources, as follows:
///
/// a) The formula for the saturation vapour pressure of water as
/// a function of temperature and temperature is taken from
/// Equations (A4.5-A4.7) of Gill (1982).
///
/// b) The formula for the water vapour pressure, given the
/// saturation pressure and the relative humidity, is from
/// Crane (1976), Equation (2.5.5).
///
/// c) The refractivity of air is a function of temperature,
/// total pressure, water-vapour pressure and, in the case
/// of optical/IR, wavelength. The formulae for the two cases are
/// developed from Hohenkerk & Sinclair (1985) and Rueger (2002).
/// The IAG (1999) optical refractivity for dry air is used.
///
/// d) The formula for beta, the ratio of the scale height of the
/// atmosphere to the geocentric distance of the observer, is
/// an adaption of Equation (9) from Stone (1996). The
/// adaptations, arrived at empirically, consist of (i) a small
/// adjustment to the coefficient and (ii) a humidity term for the
/// radio case only.
///
/// e) The formulae for the refraction constants as a function of
/// n-1 and beta are from Green (1987), Equation (4.31).
///
/// References:
///
/// Crane, R.K., Meeks, M.L. (ed), "Refraction Effects in the Neutral
/// Atmosphere", Methods of Experimental Physics: Astrophysics 12B,
/// Academic Press, 1976.
///
/// Gill, Adrian E., "Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics", Academic Press,
/// 1982.
///
/// Green, R.M., "Spherical Astronomy", Cambridge University Press,
/// 1987.
///
/// Hohenkerk, C.Y., & Sinclair, A.T., NAO Technical Note No. 63,
/// 1985.
///
/// IAG Resolutions adopted at the XXIIth General Assembly in
/// Birmingham, 1999, Resolution 3.
///
/// Rueger, J.M., "Refractive Index Formulae for Electronic Distance
/// Measurement with Radio and Millimetre Waves", in Unisurv Report
/// S-68, School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems,
/// University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2002.
///
/// Stone, Ronald C., P.A.S.P. 108, 1051-1058, 1996.