Simulation of Inferior Mirages Observed at the Halligen Sea
Applied Optics, Vol. 37, Issue 9, pp. 1495-1505 (1998)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.37.001495
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Abstract
Two unusual forms of inferior mirage are observed and photographed at the Halligen Sea. With heuristic analytic functions for the temperature profiles, numerical integration of the refraction differential equation on a flat earth is performed. The simulation shows that a double inferior mirage can appear if a light wind carries hot air from above dry sandbanks in the mud flats. Horizontal stripes can appear in the mirage image if a water channel crosses the line of sight between the observer and the object.
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OCIS Codes
(010.0010) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Atmospheric and oceanic optics
(010.4030) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Mirages and refraction
Citation
Eberhard Tränkle, "Simulation of Inferior Mirages Observed at the Halligen Sea," Appl. Opt. 37, 1495-1505 (1998)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-37-9-1495
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