Atmospheric optics

Atmospheric optics is 'the study of the optical characteristics of the atmosphere or products of atmospheric processes .... temporal and spatial resolutions beyond those discernible with the naked eye'. Meteorological optics is 'that part of atmospheric optics concerned with the study of patterns observable with the naked eye'. Nevertheless, the two terms are sometimes used interchangeably. Atmospheric optics is 'the study of the optical characteristics of the atmosphere or products of atmospheric processes .... temporal and spatial resolutions beyond those discernible with the naked eye'. Meteorological optics is 'that part of atmospheric optics concerned with the study of patterns observable with the naked eye'. Nevertheless, the two terms are sometimes used interchangeably. Meteorological optical phenomena, as described in this article, are concerned with how the optical properties of Earth's atmosphere cause a wide range of optical phenomena and visual perception phenomena.