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From: Bill (no email)
Date: Fri Jun 16 2006 - 17:20:01 EDT
George
> I've just posted a meassage, in the hope of reducing
> misunderstandings, in which was the paragraph-... large snip
Thank you George, but I did get your meaning, hot, warm, cool, cold the
first time;-)
While it has been discussed on a plane too high for me to comprehend in the
past, your latter explanations were clear and understandable to this
layperson. Especially once you did away with ambiguous (to me) use of signs.
You also defined "lapse rate, a missing key for me.
George et al
Now that I have the basic concept, what happens on a larger scale? We could
use Frank's beach shots as an example (Indiana to Chicago, approx. 22 nm).
Assume a thermal inversion as Frank stated. What will that do to the
horizon relative to a horizon with well-mixed air (shift it up or down) and
what will it do to building tops around 1100-1500 feet above water level
(raise or lower them)?
The problem I was having using the current Bowditch Table 15 formula was
that the distance kept falling short, meaning if the T15 constants are
correct, the angle measured was too large. Therefore if the horizon was
shifted up, the building tops must have been shifted up to a greater extent.
I understand the problem as stated may be too complex for a simple answer,
but try a if-then.
I also strongly suspect another problem area is the Bowditch constants.
Thanks
Bill
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