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From: Brian Skiff (bas_at_hidden_email_address.net)
Date: 05/17/1995

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Folks,

     Having recovered my notebook of papers about assorted atmospheric phenomena (misplaced in my house for a couple of years!), I have keyed-in the
bibliography in case it might be of interest to others. No claim is made as
to completeness---it certainly is not!---since I've made no regular literature survey in this area since the mid-80s when Lowell stopped getting
Applied Optics and JOSA (Journal of the Optical Society of America). Included, however, are three nice articles about Haidinger's brushes, and others about such things as why holes in snow have a deep blue color, why some
things are darker when wet, the origin of mountain shadows, and source material about dark adaptation.

     Other places where this sort of mostly observational stuff shows up frequently include the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society and the semi-technical magazines "Weather" (UK) and "Weatherwise" (US).

     If you know of other references relevent to Minnaert-type "light-and- color-in-the-open-air" phenomena, I'd be pleased to add them to this bibliography. Perhaps we can compile an annotated, indexed bibliography that
can be made available via ftp. Want to tackle that one, Makela? \Brian

(If anyone is curious about the weather in this part of Arizona, we got a nice snow-squall this afternoon.)

Daytime Atmospheric Phenomena:
Bohren, C. F. 1983, JOSA 73, 1646. Colors of snow, frozen waterfalls, and

     icebergs. [includes discussion of the deep blue color of holes in snow.]
Fraser, A. 1983, JOSA 73, 1626. Why can the supernumerary bows be seen in

     a rain shower?
Greenler, R. G., and Mallmann, A. J. 1972, Science 176, 128. Circumscribed

     halos.
Greenler, R. G. 1974, The Spex Speaker 19, 2 (house organ of lab-equipment mfr.).

     Optical sky phenomena. [mostly pretty pictures.] Greenler, R. G., Mallmann, A. J., Mueller, J. R., and Romito, R. 1977, Science

     195, 360. Form and origin of the Parry arcs. Greenler, R. G., Mueller, J. R., Hahn, W., and Mallmann, A. J. 1979, Science

     206, 643. The 46\deg halo and its arcs. Greenler, R. G., and Tr\"ankle, E. 1984, Nature 311, 339. Anthelic arcs from

     airborne ice crystals.
Harris, F. S., Jr. 1979, JOSA 69, 1178. Unusual solar halo complex. Hutsemekers, D. 1991, ESO Messenger no. 66, 18. Unusual solar halos over

     La Silla.
Lee, R., 1991, App. Op. 30, 3401. Purity of rainbow colors. Lee, R., and Fraser, A. 1990, New Scientist, 1 September, 40. The light at

     the end of the rainbow.
Livingston, W., and Lynch, D. K. 1979, App. Op. 18, 265. Mountain shadow

     phenomena.
Livingston, W. 1983, JOSA 73, 1653. Landscape as viewed in the 320-nm

     ultraviolet.
Lynch, D. K. 1976?, Sci. Amer.---no date!--- Atmospheric halos. Lynch, D. K. 1979, JOSA 69, 1100. Polarization models of halo phenomena. I.

     The parhelic circle.
Lynch, D. K. 1980, App. Op. 19, 1585. Mountain shadow phenomena. 2: The spike

     seen by an off-summit observer.
Lynch, D. K. and Schwarz, P. 1985, JOSA-A 2, 584. Intensity profile of the

     22\deg halo.
Mallmann, A. J., and Greenler, R. G. 1979, JOSA 69, 1107. Origins of the

     anthelic arcs, the anthelic pillar, and the anthelion. Mueller, J. R., Greenler, R. G., and Mallmann, A. J. 1979, JOSA 69, 1103.

     Arcs of Lowitz. [includes discussion of the famous St. Petersburg halo

     display observed by Lowitz.]
Tricker, R. A. R. 1979, JOSA 69, 1093. Arc associated with halos of unusual

     radii.
Whalley, E. 1981, Science 211, 389. Scheiner's halo: evidence for ice Ic in

     the atmosphere. [halos formed by cubic/octahedral ice crystals.]

Dark Adaptation:
Hulburt, E. O. 1951, JOSA 41, 402. Time of dark adaptation after stimulation

     by various brightnesses and colors. Kinney, J. S., 1955, JOSA 45, 507. Sensitivity of the eye to spectral

     radiation at scotopic and mesopic intensity levels. Miller, W. C. 1980, AAS Photo-Bulletin no. 24, 18. Dark adaptation: its

     nature and preservation. [although basically correct, no support given

     for any of the claims made in this article!] Roach, F., and Jamnick, ?. 1956, Sky & Telescope, 17, 165. The sky and the

     eye.
Smith, S. W., Morris, A., and Dimmick, F. L. 1955, JOSA 45, 502. Effects of

     exposure to various red lights upon subsequent dark adaptation measured

     by the method of constant stimuli.
Sweeney, E. J., Kinney, J. S., Ryan, A., 1960, JOSA 50, 237. Seasonal changes

     in scotopic sensitivity.

Nighttime Phenomena:
Peterson, A. W. 1979, App. Op. 18, 3390. Airglow events visible to the naked

     eye.
Schaefer, B. E. 1988, QJRAS 29, 511. Visibility of the lunar crescent.

Miscellaneous "Light & Color" Topics and theoretical items: Bone, R. A, and Landrum, J. T. 1983, App. Op. 22, 775. Dichroism of lutein:

     a possible basis for Haidinger's brushes. Fraser, A. 1979, JOSA 69, 1112. What size of crystals causes the halos? Gedzelman, S. D. 1988, JOSA 5, 1717. Rainbows in strong vertical atmospheric

     electric fields.
Hall, L. F. 1981, Bull. Amer. Met. Soc. 62, 1676. Atmospheric effects in

     multiple-exposure and streak photographs of the [rising, setting] Sun
     and Moon.

     devices.
Hemenger, R. P. 1982, JOSA 72, 734. Dichroism of the macular pigment and

     Haidinger's brushes.
Hochheimer, B. F., and Kues, H. A. 1982, App. Op. 21, 3811. Retinal

     polarization effects.  [retinal photographs of Haidinger's brush
     phenomena using fundus camera; N.B. cover photo, November 1982

     of fog at visible wavelengths.
K\"onnen, G. P. 1983, JOSA 73, 1629. Polarization and intensity distributions

     of refraction halos.
K\"onnen, G. P., and Tinbergen, J. 1990, JOSA, ? (preprint). Polarimetric

     observations of a 22\deg halo.
Lehn, W. H. 1983, JOSA 73, 1622. Inversion of superior mirage data to compute

     temperature profiles.
Lekner, J., and Dorf, M. C. 1988, App. Op. 27, 1278. Why some things are

     darker when wet.
Shafer, N. E., and Zare, R. N. 1991, Physics Today, October 1991. Through a

     beer glass darkly.

Tape, W. 1982, Amer. Sci. 70, 467.  Folds, pleats, and halos.
Tape, W. 1979, JOSA 69, 1122.  Geometry of halo formation.
Tape, W. 1983, JOSA 73, 1641.  Some ice crystals that made halos.
Walker, J. 1988, Sci. Amer, September, 132, The Amateur Scientist: shock-
     front phenomena and other oddities to entertain a bored airline

     colors seen in the sky offer lessons in optical scattering. [good basic

     intro stuff.]
Whalley, E., and McLaurin, G. E. 1984, JOSA-A 1, 1166. Refraction halos in

     the solar system. I. Halos from cubic crystals that may occur in the
     atmospheres in the solar system.
Williams, E. R. 1988, Sci. Amer, November, 88.  The Electrification of
     Thunderstorms.

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