Artigo Revisado por pares

Laboratory simulation of inferior and superior mirages

1987; Optica Publishing Group; Volume: 4; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1364/josaa.4.000589

ISSN

1520-8532

Autores

Robert G. Greenler,

Tópico(s)

Radio Wave Propagation Studies

Resumo

A small scene, viewed over a heated plate, exhibits many of the typical inferior-mirage effects. As the viewing point is lowered, a mirage lake appears, and a vanishing line rises on the scene, showing objects apparently reflected in a rising surface of water. Several kinds of superior mirages are simulated by viewing objects through a water tank containing fresh water layered over salt water. The system simulates towering, stooping, various forms of the Fata Morgana, and the three-part mirage.

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