Continuous EDM (electro-optical distance measurement) with Geodimeter 6BL and measurements of lower atmospheric temperature were made during 101 hours from December 19 to 23, 1977, in order to investigate the relation between the observed daily variations of the distance and lower atmospheric temperatures. The distance of the baseline was about 7.3 km and the total number of the data were 1141. Errors in the data corrected for the air temperatures at high altitudes are almost within ±1.0×10
-6 at any time, but the data corrected for the surface temperatures show daily variations with amplitudes of about 60 mm (8.0×10-6) and the data at night show remarkable disagreements with the mean value corrected for the air temperature at high altitudes. The temperature gradient of lower atmosphere is little at sunset and errors in the data obtained within a few hours around sunset are almost less than ±1.0×10
-6 even if the data are corrected for the surface temperatures. It is found that, judging from the results of the Sangane-Zaoh base-line, an accuracy of about ±1.0×10
-6 in the EDM corrected for surface temperature may be obtainable throughout the year if the EDM is made within a few hours around sunset.
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