Twilight correction

From Glossary of Meteorology



twilight correction

In the interpretation of the records of sunshine, the difference between the time of sunrise and the time at which a record of sunshine first began to be made by the sunshine recorder; and conversely at sunset.

This correction is added only when the horizon is clear during the period.


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