The contribution of unknown weak water vapor lines to the absorption of solar radiation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 3609-3612

  Learner, R C M ^b   Zhong, W ^b   Haigh, J D ^b   Belmiloud, D ^a   Clarke, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; EXTRAPOLATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPACITY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VAPORS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC OPACITY; LINE-BY-LINE MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; WATER ABSORPTION;

SOLAR RADIATION;

ABSORPTION OF SOLAR RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC OPACITY; ATMOSPHERIC PROFILE; CONTINUUM MODELING; LINE-BY-LINE CALCULATIONS; PRECIPITABLE WATER; SPECTRAL REGION; THEORETICAL MODELING;

EID: 0033573420     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL003681     Document Type: Article

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