Simulation of inferior mirages observed at the Halligen Sea

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1495-1505

  Tränkle, Eberhard ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIRAGE; OPTICAL PROPERTY; REFRACTION;

GERMANY; HALLIGEN SEA;

EID: 0032549852     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.001495     Document Type: Article

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