How the clear-sky angle of polarization pattern continues underneath clouds: Full-sky measurements and implications for animal orientation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 17, 2001, Pages 2933-2942

  Pomozi, István ^a   Horváth, Gábor ^a   Wehner, Rüdiger ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cloud; Cloudy sky; Full sky imaging polarimetry; Orientation; Polarization compass; Polarization vision; Skylight polarization; Ultraviolet vision

Indexed keywords

AIR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOPHYSICS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; PHOTOMETRY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SUNLIGHT; VISION;

AIR; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOPHYSICS; PHOTOMETRY; SPACE PERCEPTION; SUNLIGHT; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0035745921     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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