UNIQUE TEMPERATURE PROFILES FOR THE ATMOSPHERE BELOW AN OBSERVER FROMSUNSET IMAGES

Authors
BRUTON WD KATTAWAR GW
Citation
Wd. Bruton et Gw. Kattawar, UNIQUE TEMPERATURE PROFILES FOR THE ATMOSPHERE BELOW AN OBSERVER FROMSUNSET IMAGES, Applied optics, 36(27), 1997, pp. 6957-6961
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
36
Issue
27
Year of publication
1997
Pages
6957 - 6961
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1997)36:27<6957:UTPFTA>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We were able to transform the usual refraction equations for an observ er within a spherically symmetric atmosphere into an Abel integral equ ation that has a unique inverse. It is now possible to extract accurat e temperature profiles of the atmosphere below an observer over the ma rine boundary layer with use of simple edge-finding software on solar images at sunset. Several examples are presented demonstrating the eff iciency of the method. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America.