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...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Rees, W. G.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1988
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Scoresby
Mirages
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400009621
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400009621
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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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