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The apparent colour of lights at night; with an observation of “blue fog”
Author(s) -
Middleton W. E. Knowles,
Patterson J.
Publication year - 1936
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49706226703
Subject(s) - haze , environmental science , atmosphere (unit) , blue light , optics , meteorology , physics
On the basis of the CLE. (1931) colour metric an expression is developed for the colour co‐ordinates and luminosity of a given light source seen at night through an atmosphere of known optical properties. This is applied to an observation on a mercury vapour lamp in a highly selective haze of the type sometimes called “blue fog”.
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