Additional atmospheric opacity measurements at λ=1.1 mm from Mauna Kea observatory, Hawaii

Abstract

Atmospheric opacity values in the zenith direction are given for a wavelength of 1.1 mm (278 GHz) at the summit of Mauna Kea in the Hawaiian Islands. A total of 75 days is covered during the period 1983–1986. Observations were made on a quasi-continuous basis, with opacity measured every 20 minutes around the clock for significant periods of time. A conversion from opacity at λ=1.1 mm to the equivalent preciptable water vapor column is given from the measurements of Zammit and Ade, from which opacities at other wavelengths may be derived. The data presented here supplement those in an earlier paper covering 34 days in the fall of 1982.