Gerrit de Veer's true and perfect description of the Novaya Zemlya effect, 24-27 January 1597

• Published in: Applied Optics
• Main Authors: van der Werf, S.Y., Können, G.P., Lehn, W.H., Steenhuisen, F, Davidson, W.P.S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Arctic; Jupiter; Novaya Zemlya
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11370/48c17e7b-9f66-4803-bc93-4fba2df77133; https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/48c17e7b-9f66-4803-bc93-4fba2df77133; https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.42.000379

The first recordings of the Novaya Zemlya (NZ) effect were made during Willem Barents' third Arctic expedition. Ray-tracing analyses of the three key observations, on 24-27 January 1597, show that all the reported details can be explained by adopting one common and realistic type of temperature...