A simple analytical parameterization for the water vapor millimeter wave foreign continuum

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 82, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 517-531

  Ma, Q ^a   Tipping, R H ^b  

^a Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lanczos algorithm; Millimeter wave absorption; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; WATER;

SPECTRAL DENSITY;

MILLIMETER WAVES;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERE; PARAMETERIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0042739472     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4073(03)00175-4     Document Type: Article

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