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glory: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

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atmospheric optics

concentric coloured rings seen around the antisolar point, about the observer's shadow on cloud or fog.

In atmospheric optics, glory refers to a glory: concentric coloured rings seen around the antisolar point, about the shadow of the observer on cloud/fog. This meaning comes from Greenler (1980) in Rainbows, halos, and glories. Here glory is not a glory: the radiance or aureole of light surrounding a sacred figure (distinct from the circular nimbus).[1]

Unit: an optical ring system
Recovery means: observation at the antisolar point
Measured by: angular radius of the rings

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aureole2 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs basking in reflected glory1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct chosen glory1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

Greenler, R. (1980). Rainbows, halos, and glories. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521236053

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