Laboratory measurements of water vapour continuum absorption in spectral region 5000-5600 cm-1: Evidence for water dimers

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130, Issue 602 PART A, 2004, Pages 2391-2408

  Ptashnik, Igor V ^a   Smith, Kevin M ^b   Shine, Keith P ^a   Newnham, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CKD continuum; Dimerization equilibrium constant; Ma and Tipping continuum; Radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; DIMERIZATION; DIMERS; INFRARED RADIATION; MONOMERS;

CONTINUUM ABSORPTION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; OPTICAL DEPTH; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

VAPORS;

CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; NEAR INFRARED; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 2942569397     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.03.178     Document Type: Article

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