Koschmieder's law

law relating the apparent contrast, C_d, of an object against a sky background, at a given distance of observation, d, to the inherent contrast, C₀, and to the atmospheric transmissivity, T, which is assumed to be uniform

where d₀ is the length specified for the definition of T

Note 1 to entry: The formula is sometimes written

where the exponent, δ, in T^δ is the numerical value of d measured with d₀ as "unit".

Note 2 to entry: Taking into account the relationship between atmospheric transmissivity, T, and meteorological optical range, v, given in Note 2 to entry of "meteorological optical range", Koschmieder's law can be also written as
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Note 3 to entry: The contrast is taken to be the quotient of the difference between the luminance of the object and the luminance of the background, and the luminance of the background.

Note 4 to entry: This entry was numbered 845-11-22 in IEC 60050-845:1987.

Note 5 to entry: This entry was numbered 17-629 in CIE S 017:2011.