Reconstruction of an atmospheric temperature profile from a 166-year old polar mirage
Abstract A method has been developed for deducing the variation with height of the atmospheric temperature, using the observed form of a mirage as the input. This method is applicable to the class of mirages in which the object appears undistorted, although magnified, vertically displaced, and quite...
Published in: | Polar Record |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1988
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400009621 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400009621 |
Summary: | Abstract A method has been developed for deducing the variation with height of the atmospheric temperature, using the observed form of a mirage as the input. This method is applicable to the class of mirages in which the object appears undistorted, although magnified, vertically displaced, and quite possibly inverted: here applied to an observation of this class of mirage made by Dr William Scoresby in 1822, it is used to deduce the nature of the temperature inversion prevailing on that occasion. |
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