WW2010
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WW2010
 
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Online Guides
 
  introduction
 
> meteorology
 
  remote sensing
 
  reading maps
 
  projects, activities

Meteorology
 
  introduction
 
  air masses, fronts
 
  clouds, precipitation
 
  el nino
 
  forces, winds
 
  hurricanes
 
  hydrologic cycle
 
> light, optics
 
  midlatitude cyclones
 
  severe storms
 
  weather forecasting

Light, Optics
 
  introduction
 
> mechanisms
 
  air, dust, haze
 
  ice crystals
 
  water droplets

mechanisms
 
> reflection
 
  scattering
 
  refraction
 
  diffraction

User Interface
 
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Reflection of Light
light bouncing off a surface

Light is said to be reflected when the angle at which light initially strikes a surface is equal to the angle at which light bounces off the same surface.

[Image: diagram of reflection ]

In the diagram above, light strikes a surface at an angle "a" and leaves at an angle "b" (relative to that surface). Because angle "a" is equal to angle "b", this is an example of reflected light.



Light, Optics
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Credits and Acknowledgments for WW2010.
Department of Atmospheric Sciences (DAS) at
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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