How did the Tricker arc get its name?

[natavi]

Does anyone know how the Tricker arc received its name?

Most of the arcs named after a person seem to be named after an early, or the earliest known, recorded observer: Parry arcs, the Moilanen arc, Tapes arcs, Lowitz arcs... As for the Tricker arc, I know of a person named Ronald A. R. Tricker, who wrote a monograph in 1970 called Introduction to Meteorological Optics. He does not, however, discuss there what we now call Tricker arcs; of the anthelic arcs, he seems to know only of the parhelic circle and Wegener arc.

Searching this forum, the name "Tricker arc" seems to have been in common usage as far back as 2006. Was the arc named for Ronald Tricker, or did it receive its name from another source? If it was named for him, why was he in particular chosen to be honored?

[Elmar Schmidt]

Hi,

Walter Tape writes in "Atmospheric Halos" [1994] on page 107: "R.A.R. Tricker [1973] developed the theory of the antisolar arc and the anthelic arc now named after him."

Regards, Elmar

[natavi]

Thank you kindly for tracking that down