Photometeor

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Circumzenital arc limited to an ice cloud

Photometeors are meteors that are observed in the field of meteorology in the atmosphere on the earth's surface or in the sky. Unlike electrometeors , hydrometeors and lithometeors , they are related to the reflection , refraction , diffraction or interference of the moon or sunlight .

Phenomena

See also category photometeor

The photometeors include:

literature

  • Carsten Kreß and Jürgen Nolting: Optical natural phenomena , Heidelberg Optische-Fachverublikung-GmbH 2004, ISBN 3-922269-57-5

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Photometeor ( memento of September 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), European Meteorological Education and Training, accessed online on March 14, 2013
  2. ^ Wilhelm August Lampadius: Systematischer Grundriß der Atmärologie , Chapter VIII Photometeors , Verlag Craz, Gerlach, 1806