EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON "HALO" FORMATION IN THE POLAR REGION

• Main Authors: フルカワ ヨシノリ /, Yoshinori FURUKAWA, John HALLETT
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ABSTRACT 1990
• Subjects: Hallett; Polar meteorology and glaciology; Proceedings of the NIPR Symposium on Polar Meteorology and Glaciology
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=3616; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00003616/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=3616&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

When cirriform clouds or ice fogs lie down between the observer and the sun (or moon), refraction and reflection effects of light rays by small ice crystals (diamond dust) can lead to one or more "halo" phenomena (R. GREENLER : Rainbows, Halos and Glories. Cambridge, Cambridge Univ. Press,...