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Mirages at Lake Geneva: the Fata Morgana

2017; Optica Publishing Group; Volume: 56; Issue: 19 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1364/ao.56.000g59

0003-6935

A. T. Young, Eric Frappa,

Precipitation Measurement and Analysis

Fata Morgana mirages are frequently seen at Lake Geneva. We show the first photographs of them, including a real-time video, and explain their main features, which are due to the very turbulent entrainment zones of capping inversions, especially in valley circulations.