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MON June 25 |
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0800 - 0850 |
REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST |
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0850 - 0900 |
Welcoming comments |
Shaw, J. A. |
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0900 - 0925 |
Noah's Arc: A*sin in the sky |
Adam, J. |
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0925 - 0950 |
Ghost of the rainbow |
Fleet, R. |
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0950 - 1015 |
Tertiary rainbows from pendant drops in boreal Birch trees |
Sassen, K. |
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1015 - 1040 |
BREAK |
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1040 - 1105 |
Isaac Newton and the astronomical refraction |
Lehn, W. |
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1105 - 1130 |
Measuring the variability in low altitude astronomical refraction (LAAR)
as a function of altitude using digital video images of sunrise &
sunset |
Sampson, R. D. & E. P. Lozowski |
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1130 - 1200 |
Effects of refractive index on glories |
Laven, P. |
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1200 - 1330 |
LUNCH |
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1330 - 1410 |
Optical phenomena from algal and bacteria films on water surface |
Riikonen, M. & J. Piikki |
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1410 - 1425 |
Demonstration of Quetelet fringes |
Vollmer, M. |
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1425 - 1450 |
Measuring overcast colors with all-sky imaging |
Lee, Raymond |
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1450 - 1515 |
BREAK |
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1515 - 1540 |
Dark clouds in full sunlight |
Lynch, D. & J. G. Shanks |
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1540 - 1605 |
Full-sky polarization imaging |
Pust, N. & J. A. Shaw |
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1605 - 1630 |
Observed brightness distributions in overcast skies |
Lee, R. |
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1630 - 1700 |
Illuminance during a solar eclipse |
Vollmer, M. & K.-P. Mollmann |
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Poster |
Satellite photos |
W. Livingston |
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1730 - 2000 |
Welcome reception - OpTeC/Spectrum Lab MSU |
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TUES June 26 |
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0830 - 0900 |
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST |
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0900 - 0940 |
Snowflake morphology and growth |
Libbrecht, K. |
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0940 - 1005 |
A temperature-humidity diagram for halos |
Gedzelman, S. |
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1005 - 1030 |
Maximum deviation of light in a transparent wedge |
Tape, W. |
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1030 - 1055 |
BREAK |
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1055 - 1120 |
Stacking technique in halo photography |
Riikonen, Marko & Jukka Ruoskanen |
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1120 - 1145 |
The legendary Rome halo displays |
Seidenfaden, E. & W. Tape |
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1145 - 1315 |
LUNCH |
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1315 - 1350 |
When Huygens and Mariotte agree |
Tape, W. |
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1350 - 1405 |
Odd-radius halo observed in Bozeman, Montana |
Shaw, J. A. |
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1405 - 1440 |
Some Lowitz Halo Displays |
Cowley, L. |
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1440 - 1505 |
Taking advantage of a trichromatic CCD digital camera for spectral
estimation |
Lopez-Alvarez, Hernandez-Andrez, Romero, Olmo, Cazorla, &
Alados-Arboledas |
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1505 - 1525 |
BREAK |
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1525 - 1555 |
Illuminance during total lunar eclipses |
Vollmer, M. & E. Schmidt |
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1555 - 1620 |
Using all-sky imager to obtain aerosol and cloud optical properties |
Hernandez-Andres et al. |
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1620 - 1650 |
Noctilucent clouds |
Parviainen, P. |
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1650 - 1700 |
Historical introduction to Yellowstone National Park |
Shaw, J. A. |
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1900 - 2200 |
PRETTY PICTURE SESSION |
Led by D. Lynch |
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WED June 27 |
YELLOWSTONE EXCURSION & dinner at Chico Hot Springs |
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THURS June 28 |
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0830 - 0900 |
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST |
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0900 - 0940 |
Brightness, Color, and Visibility of Atmospheric Optical Phenomena |
Gedzelman, S. |
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0940 - 1005 |
Why images of the setting Sun are fuzzy while the horizon is sharp. |
Livingston, W. & D. Lynch |
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1005 - 1025 |
Decomposing reflected scene radiance into direct and global
components |
S. K. Nayar & D. Lynch |
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1025 - 1045 |
BREAK |
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1045 - 1110 |
The visibility of Jupiter & stars in the daytime sky with the
unaided eye |
Sampson, R. D. & Ling, A. L. |
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1110 - 1135 |
On visually discerning the curvature of the Earth |
Lynch, D. |
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1135 - 1200 |
Crepuscular and nocturnal illumination and its effects on color
perception by the nocturnal hawkmoth Deilephila elpenor |
Johnson, S. et al. |
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1200 - 1330 |
LUNCH |
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1330 - 1355 |
Visibility of halos, rainbows and diffraction coronas during a total
solar eclipse |
G. P. Können & C. Hinz |
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1355 - 1420 |
Atmospheric phenomena from on top of hills |
Hinz, C. |
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1420 - 1445 |
Atmospheric Optics - a website |
Cowley, L. |
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1445 - 1510 |
BREAK |
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1510 - 1535 |
Optical aurora detectors |
Shaw, J. A., J. Way, P. W. Nugent, H. Coate, & D. Balster |
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1535 - 1605 |
Non-circular glories |
Laven, P. |
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1605 - 1615 |
surface tension rainbows |
C. Adler |
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1615 - 1640 |
Musings on a half century of light and color in the open air |
Greenler, R. |
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1640 - 1710 |
Discussion of future meeting plans |
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FRI June 29 |
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0830 - 0900 |
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST |
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0900 - 0910 |
Presentation of the Lord Rayleigh Awards to Bob Greenler & David
Lynch |
J. A. Shaw |
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0910 - 0935 |
Spider web optics |
W. Livingston |
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0935 - 1000 |
Iridescent clouds in a bottle |
Shaw, G.E., S. Gedzelman, & J. A. Shaw |
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1000 - 1025 |
On the color of smoke clouds from brush fires |
Lynch, D. & L. S. Bernstein |
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1025 - 1050 |
Discussion of future meeting plans (with break food & drinks) |
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1050 - 1100 |
Concluding comments |
J. A. Shaw |
