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Re: Anomalous dip. was: [NAV-L] Testing pocket sextant.
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2006 Jun 16, 12:07 -0400
From: Alexandre Eremenko
Date: 2006 Jun 16, 12:07 -0400
Dear George, > We have to be careful about naming it "positive" or > otherwise. Usually, dip is a value that you have to subtract I follow the convention of the almanac tables. The negative sign there indicates that you subtract:-) But I agree to call it "reversed dip" to avoid confusion. > There can be misunderstandings here, also. Yes, I expected this too. > Normally, with increasing > height, the air temperature falls. I thought this was not the case in the lower layer over a sea surface I was confused by your example of a desert where sand is hot and air is cool. I always thought that it is this combination which gives reversed dip. (You do not even have to go to the desert, just look along a long, straight highway on a hot day. You will see a strong reversed dip). I thought that the combination of hot air and cold water would give the opposite effect. That is normal dip. But maybe I misunderstood something. Have to read some article on the subject... Now I depart to my sailing trip to Denmark, hope the weather will permit some Cel Nav:-) A