OPTIKA ATMOSFERY I OKEANA JOURNAL
V.E. ZUEV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS
Vol. 24, issue 04, article # 13
Nevzorov A. N. On the theory and physics of glory formation. // Optika Atmosfery i Okeana. 2011. V. 24. No. 04. P. 344-348 [in Russian].Copy the reference to clipboard
Abstract:
The comparison between properties of two theoretical models of glory on spheres with the refractive indexes of 1.33 and 1.81 and these of the natural glory phenomenon shows that the current version of glory formation by droplets of ordinary water with n = 1.33 is wrong, and the glory is formed by the droplets of A-water with n = 1.81, stably coexistent with the ice fraction in phase-mixed clouds.
Keywords:
glory, clouds, water, model, refractive index