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It is shown that Swinbank's empirical formula for the long‐wave radiation from clear skies can be derived from existing knowledge of atmospheric emission by taking account of the moderately strong correlation at most places between screen temperature and the amount of water vapour overhead.
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E. L. Deacon (1970) studied this question.
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