On the trail of Vikings with polarized skylight: Experimental study of the atmospheric optical prerequisites allowing polarimetric navigation by Viking seafarers

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1565, 2011, Pages 772-782

  Horváth, Gábor ^a   Barta, András ^a   Pomozi, István ^a   Suhai, Bence ^a   Hegedüs, Ramón ^b   Åkesson, Susanne ^c   Meyer Rochow, Benno ^d,e   Wehner, Rüdiger ^f,g  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric optics; Imaging polarimetry; Sky polarization; Viking navigation

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTH; ETHNIC GROUP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NAVIGATION; OPEN OCEAN; POLARIZATION;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 79952347219     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0194     Document Type: Article

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