History and future of the molecular spectroscopic databases

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 897-907

  Rothman, Laurence S ^a   Jacquinet Husson, Nicole ^b   Boulet, Christian ^c,d   Perrin, Agnès M ^c  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Absorption parameters; GEISA; HITRAN; Infrared cross sections; Line shape; MIPAS; Molecular spectroscopy; Spectroscopic database

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944450726     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2005.09.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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