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The Impact of Large Scale Surveys on Pulsating Star Research ASP Conference Series, Vol. , L. Szabados, and D. Kurtz, eds. Revised Baade-Wesselink Analysis of RR Lyrae Stars 1 1 2 Carla Cacciari , Gisella Clementini , Fiorella Castelli and Fabrizio Melandri3 9 1 Osservatorio Astronomico, Via Ranzani 1, I-40127 Bologna, Italy 9 2 9 Osservatorio Astronomico, Via Tiepolo 11, I-34131 Trieste, Italy 1 3 Dipartimento di Astronomia, Via Ranzani 1, I-40127 Bologna, Italy p e S Abstract. We have applied the Baade-Wesselink method to two field RR Lyrae stars, i.e. SW And and RR Cet, and derived their distances 1 2 and physical parameters. With respect to previous B-W analyses we have applied the following improvements: a) use of all sets of available data, 1 after proper comparison for homogeneity and compatibility; b) use of v the most recent and accurate model atmospheres, with turbulent velocity 0 5 Vturb = 4 km/s and the no-overshooting approximation, and comparison 3 with other treatments of convection; c) use of the instantaneous gravity 9 along the pulsation cycle rather than the mean value; d) comparison with 0 modified radial velocity curves according to various assumptions on ra- 9 dial velocity gradients in the atmosphere; and e) careful reanalysis of the 9 / temperature scale. The m