Atmospheric Refraction A Study of Mirage Supervisor : Mr H . Y . CHENG
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چکیده
This report is aimed at studying the phenomenon of mirage, using a method that is much simpler than those appeared in previous work ([12, 19]). It is divided in to three parts. In the rst part we look into the trajectory of light in an inhomogeneous medium and develop the mathematical method and equations that will be needed later. In the next part, we introduced a couple of models to simulate real-life atmospheric conditions in which mirage can take place. We also point out the need for a numerical approach due to the complexity of the models. We have developed a program to simulate the process of refraction. In the third part we use the program to simulate various cases of mirage. The method used can be also applied on all kinds of other phenomena such as Novaya-Zemlyz e ect and green ash despite they are not introduced in this paper.
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