Infrared collision-induced absorption by N2near 4.3 μm for atmospheric applications: Measurements and empirical modeling

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 30, 1996, Pages 5911-5917

  Lafferty, Walter J ^a   Solodov, Alexander M ^b   Weber, Alfons ^a   Olson, Wm Bruce ^c   Hartmann, Jean Michel ^d  

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

^b V E ZUEV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS   (Russian Federation)

^c Université Paris Sud ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Collision induced absorption; Infrared; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; IMPURITIES; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

BAND INTENSITY; COLLISION INDUCED ABSORPTION; FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS; WAVE NUMBER;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ATMOSPHERIC APPLICATION; COLLISION INDUCED ABSORPTION; INFRARED; NITROGEN BAND;

EID: 0030252290     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.005911     Document Type: Article

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