Abstract

Some laboratory demonstrations on atmospheric optics are presented. The focus is on dispersion effects in mirages, lateral mirages, and inferior mirages produced with small hot plates. We also show a demonstration of the upper-tangent-arc halo, produced with a hexagonal prism, rotating about two axes.

© 2003 Optical Society of America

Laboratory experiments in atmospheric optics

Michael Vollmer and Robert Tammer
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