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PARRY ARCS [1 record]

Record 1 2005-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
DEF

A class of haloes appearing as faintly coloured arcs above and below the Sun.

CONT

Parry arcs ... are refraction phenomena produced by ice crystals which exhibit a preferred orientation and are therefore more unusual than phenomena produced by randomly oriented crystals.

CONT

Parry arcs were named after Sir William Edward Parry (1790 - 1855) who searched for the Northwest passage and described many halos. Parry arcs are rare. There are sunvex and suncave Parry arc visible as thin coloured bows touching the circumscribed halo. Their shape changes with solar elevation.

Key term(s)
  • Parry arc

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
DEF

Classe de halos apparaissant comme des arcs faiblement colorés au-dessus et au-dessous du Soleil.

CONT

arcs de Parry. [...] Ce sont des phénomènes de réfraction produits par des cristaux de glace à orientation préférentielle et, par conséquent, on les observe plus rarement que les phénomènes produits par des cristaux orientés de façon aléatoire.

Key term(s)
  • arc de Parry

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fenómenos meteorológicos, climáticos y atmosféricos
DEF

Clase de halos que aparecen por encima y por debajo del Sol como arcos débilmente coloreados.

CONT

arcos de Parry: [...] fenómeno de refracción que se produce por cristales de hielo que se orientan en cierta dirección, lo cual es menos frecuente que una orientación aleatoria de los cristales de hielo.

Key term(s)
  • arco de Parry
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