SPS Effects on Optical and Radio Astronomy

FIGURE 1. Radiance of the Sun and Sky (The radiance of the sun and sky as presented in a report on circumsolar radiation given on behalf of WATT Engineering Ltd at the DOE Environmental Resource Assessments Branch Contractors Review, November 13, 1978, Manassas, VA) 5. Atmospheric Heating - For those observatories located near rectenna sites, ionospheric heating may result in regions of enhanced airglow. The magnitude of this affect remains unknown. In conclusion, it should be recalled throughout these proceedings that there are large uncertainties in the relevant parameters used to estimate the SPS contribution to sky brightness. The computed SPS brightness profile is sharply peaked as noted in the Briefing Document. Therefore, the size of the

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