Appearance of the atmospheric scatter field during a solar eclipse
Abstract
The polarization of the circumsolar scatter field was surveyed during the total solar eclipse of March 7, 1970. Its instantaneous distribution over an area of 50 x 60 solar radii was photographically recorded in green light, using a modified Savart filter. This arrangement resolved the unit areal of the polarized component to about 5 solar radii and indicated its intensity as being 2.5% of the backscattered light. A distribution asymmetry of about 0.5% was detected.
- Publication:
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Zeitschrift fur Geophysik
- Pub Date:
- 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976ZGeo...42..163G
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Scattering;
- Light Scattering;
- Polarized Light;
- Solar Eclipses;
- Solar Radiation;
- Diffraction Patterns;
- Far Fields;
- Luminous Intensity;
- Optical Filters