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Visibility & extinction

Turn measured transmission into extinction and a derived optical range.

Calculator and method

YOUR INPUTS

Numeric inputs appear in a shared link. CSV data are kept out of the link.

Model calculation · not experimental data
β = −ln(T) / L R = −ln(C₀) / β
MODEL & BOUNDARIES

Know what the result means.

Homogeneous attenuation and calibrated transmission. The 5% convention gives WMO MOR only when the spectral response is qualified; otherwise this is a range at the measurement wavelength. It does not measure an open cleared corridor.

Version 1.0 · SI quantities are used internally, with displayed input units converted explicitly. Retain your assumptions with any exported result.

METHOD REFERENCES

Follow the definitions.

  1. WMO · Meteorological optical range
  2. Spiegel et al. · Fog droplet measurement uncertainty

References support the physical relationships or measurement context. They do not validate any proposed weatherhill hardware.

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