Calculated refractivity of water vapor and moist air in the atmospheric window at 10 μm

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 928-932

  Mathar, Richard J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERFEROMETERS; MOISTURE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; VAPORS;

ATMOSPHERIC WINDOW; COMPLEX VALUED DIELECTRIC FUNCTION; INFRARED LINE TRANSITION; ULTRAVIOLET PSEUDOSPECTRUM;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 1142303756     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.000928     Document Type: Article

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