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Re: Dip uncertainty
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2004 Dec 6, 20:37 EST
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2004 Dec 6, 20:37 EST
"Perhaps at least some of that variation in dip had to do with the effect
streets and buildings have on air temperature."
It's worth considering, but this was a very uniform change in the angle
between a nearby building and the distant horizon. Streets and buildings would
lead to turbulence and associated refraction, but it's hard for me to imagine
anything so uniform.
Frank R
[ ] Mystic, Connecticut
[X] Chicago, Illinois
[ ] Mystic, Connecticut
[X] Chicago, Illinois