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bandcentral wavelengthextinction (mag per airmass)seeing degradation compared to r band at zenith 
u350 nm0.40*a(1.1)*a0.6 
g450 nm0.18*a(1.07)*a0.6 
r650 nm0.10*a(1.0)*a0.6 
i750 nm0.08*a(0.97)*a0.6 
z850 nm0.05*a(0.94)*a0.6 
y1000 nm0.04*a(0.91)*a0.6 

 

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plot of seeing degradation vs. airmass, and polynomial fit:

Decent approximation to seeing degradation vs. airmass a is

S=0.35+0.72a^2-0.07a

Some references

LSST science book

lucent paper, 1965, on TSP

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