Experimental investigation of the self– and N2-broadened continuum within the v2 band of water vapor

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 4724-4734

  Tobin, David C ^a   Strow, L Larrabee ^a   Lafferty, Walter J ^b   Olson, W Bruce ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuum; Fourier transform spectrometer; Infrared absorption; Spectral line shape; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; CALCULATIONS; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SPECTROMETERS; VAPORS; WATER;

BURCH MEASUREMENT; FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION MOLECULAR ABSORPTION; MICROWINDOWS; NITROGEN BROADENED CONTINUUM; SELF BROADENED CONTINUUM; SPECTRAL LINE SHAPES; WATER VAPORS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION; FOURIER TRANSFORM; INFRARED; SPECTRAL LINE SHAPE; SPECTROMETER; WATER VAPOUR;

EID: 0030206839     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.004724     Document Type: Article

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