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Re: The taxonomy of refraction
From: Marcel Tschudin
Date: 2011 Jan 7, 16:32 +0200
From: Marcel Tschudin
Date: 2011 Jan 7, 16:32 +0200
Uuups, I mixed up the temperatures John provided. If the water is colder than the air (and not the other way round) then it's unlikely to be an inferior mirage. I have therefore the same question as John has when he mentions "Nominally I associate this with the "hot road mirage", where the surface of a road is hotter than the air above it". The "hot road mirage" is actually the inferior mirage. I'm therefore also interested what Andy comments on it. Please let me know. I must admit that I'm not really familiar with these optical effects on distant landscapes since I observe the effects on the setting sun. It's the shape of the setting sun which informs me on larger temperature differences between sea and air and shows which is (considerably) warmer or colder. Marcel
