Timeline for Why is the max. polarization of the blue sky at 90 degrees angle with the sun?
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| Aug 8, 2020 at 19:30 | comment | added | Ruslan | Yes the situation is indeed more complicated, but in daytime clear sky Rayleigh first scattering dominates and yields a good polarization contrast. In these conditions aerosols' contribution is really noticeable only in the vicinity the solar disk, in about 5° area, which is far from the 90° where we can see the maximum polarization. | |
| Aug 8, 2020 at 11:46 | vote | accept | Claudio Saspinski | ||
| Aug 8, 2020 at 9:49 | history | answered | ProfRob | CC BY-SA 4.0 |