title: Unique temperature profiles for the atmosphere below an observer from sunset images.
abstract: We were able to transform the usual refraction equations for an observer within a spherically symmetric atmosphere into an Abel integral equation that has a unique inverse. It is now possible to extract accurate temperature profiles of the atmosphere below an observer over the marine boundary layer with use of simple edge-finding software on solar images at sunset. Several examples are presented demonstrating the efficiency of the method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas 75962-3044, USA.
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Bruton
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Kattawar