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## Noise as a function of time for a single bolometer

The rms noise ( ) of the data obtained with a single bolometer is related to the on-source integration time ( ) in a given direction of the sky through

| (1)

where is the noise equivalent flux density of the bolometer, the airmass and the zenith atmospheric opacity.