Measurements of the foreign-broadened continuum of water vapor in the 6.3 μm band at -30 °C

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 4366-4382

  Rowe, Penny M ^a,c   Von Walden, P ^b   Warren, Stephen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ERROR ANALYSIS; SATELLITES; TROPOSPHERE; WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMISSION; CONTINUUM COEFFICIENTS; WATER VAPOR;

VAPORS;

EID: 33749558976     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.004366     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. B. Soden, S. Tjemkes, J. Schmetz, R. Saunders, J. Bates, B. Ellingson, R. Engelen, L. Garand, D. Jackson, G. Jedlovec, T. Kleespies, D. Handel, P. Rayer, E. Salathe, D. Schwarzkopf, N. Scott, B. Sohn, S. de Souza-Machado, L. Strow, D. Tobin, D. Turner, P. van Delst, and T. Wehr, "An intercomparison of radiation codes for retrieving upper-tropospheric humidity in the 6.3-μm band: a report from the first GVAP workshop," Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 81, 797-808 (2000).
2. M. A. Ringer, J. M. Edwards, and A. Slingo, "Simulation of satellite channel radiances in the Met Office Unified Model," Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 129, 1169-1190 (2003).
3. 2 in the coordinate representation: a Monte Carlo calculation of the far-wing lineshape," J. Chem. Phys. 112, 574-584 (2000).
4. 2O vapor: application to the continuum," in Atmospheric Water Vapor, A. Deepak, T. D. Wilkerson, and L. H. Ruhnke, eds. (Academic, 1980), pp. 26-46.
5. 2O. Experimental techniques," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 57, 885-895 (1967).
6. 2O," Rep. AFGL-TR-81-0300 (U.S. Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., 1982).
7. -1 windows," Rep. AFGL-TR-84-0128 (U.S. Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., 1984).
8. D. C. Tobin, F. A. Best, P. D. Brown, S. A. Clough, R. G. Dedecker, R. G. Ellingson, R. K. Garcia, H. B. Howell, R. O. Knuteson, E. J. Mlawer, H. E. Revercomb, J. F. Short, P. F. W. van Deist, and V. P. Walden, "Downwelling spectral radiance observations at the SHEBA Ice Station: water vapor continuum measurements from 17 to 26 μm," J. Geophys. Res. 104, 2081-2092 (1999).
9. -1," Rep. AFCRLTR-740377 (U.S. Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratory, Bedford, Mass., 1974),
10. 2 band of water vapor," Appl. Opt. 35, 4724-4734 (1996).
11. Y. Han, J. A. Shaw, J. H. Churnside, P. D. Brown, and S. A. Clough, "Infrared spectral measurements in the tropical Pacific atmosphere," J. Geophys. Res. 102, 4353-4356 (1997).
12. D. D. Turner, D. C. Tobin, S. A. Clough, P. D. Brown, R. G. Ellingson, E. J. Mlawer, R. O. Knuteson, H. E. Revercomb, T. R. Shippert, W. L. Smith, and M. W. Shepherd, "The QME AERI LBLRTM: a closure experiment for downwelling high spectral resolution infrared radiance," J. Atmos. Sci. 61, 2657-2675 (2004).
13. 2O continuum based on long-path atmospheric transmission measurements in the 4.5-11.5 μm region," Appl. Opt. 33, 323-333 (1994).
14. V. P. Walden, S. G. Warren, J. D. Spinhirne, A. Heymsfield, R. E. Brandt, P. Rowe, M. S. Town, S. Hudson, and R. M. Jones, "The South Pole Atmospheric Radiation and Cloud Lidar Experiment (SPARCLE)," in Proceedings of the Sixth Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography (American Meteorological Society, 2001), pp. 297-299.
15. V. P. Waiden, M. S. Town, B. Halter, and J. W. V. Storey, "First measurements of the infrared sky brightness at Dome C, Antarctica," Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac. 117, 300-308 (2005).
16. E. Aristidi, K. Agabi, E. Fossat, J. Vernin, T. Travouillon, J. S. Lawrence, C. Meyer, J. W. V. Storey, B. Halter, W. L. Roth, and V. Waiden, "An analysis of temperatures and wind speeds above Dome C, Antarctica," Astron. Astrophys. 430, 739-746 (2005).
17. S. A. Clough, F. X. Kneizys, and R. W. Davies, "Line shape and the water vapor continuum," Atmos. Res. 23, 229-241 (1989).
18. R. O. Knuteson, H. E. Revercomb, F. A. Best, N. C. Ciganovich, R. G. Dedecker, T. P. Dirkx, S. C. Ellington, W. F. Feltz, R. K. Garcia, H. B. Howell, W. L. Smith, J. F. Short, and D. C. Tobin, "Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer. Part I: Instrument design," J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol. 21, 1763-1776 (2004).
19. R. O. Knuteson, H. E. Revercomb, F. A. Best, N. C. Ciganovich, R. G. Dedecker, T. P. Dirkx, S. C. Ellington, W. F. Feltz, R. K. Garcia, H. B. Howell, W. L. Smith, J. F. Short, and D. C. Tobin, "Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer. Part II: Instrument performance," J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol. 21, 1777-1789 (2004).
20. Vaisala, http://www.vaisala.com/businessareas/measurementsystems/ soundings/products/radiosondes/vaisalaradiosonders 80.
21. S. R. Hudson, M. S. Town, V. P. Waiden, and S. G. Warren, "Temperature, humidity, and pressure response of radiosondes at low temperatures," J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol. 825-836 (2004).
22. A. Jensen, "Correction of radiosonde measurements for lag error," Geophysica 6, 275-279 (1958).
23. S. Twomey, Introduction to the Mathematics of Inversion in Remote Sensing and Indirect Measurements (Elsevier, 1977).
24. P. M. Rowe, "Measurements of the foreign-broadened continuum of water vapor in the 6.3 micron band at -30 Celsius," Ph.D. dissertation (University of Washington, Seattle, 2004).
25. V. P. Walden, S. G. Warren, and F. J. Murcray, "Measurements of the downward longwave radiation spectrum over the Antarctic plateau and comparisons to a line-by-line radiative transfer model for clear skies," J. Geophys. Res. 103, 3825-3846 (1998), and references therein.
26. R. A. McClatchey, R. W. Fenn, J. E. A. Selby, F. E. Volz, and J. S. Gering, "Optical properties of the atmosphere," 3rd ed. AFCRL-72-0497 (U.S. Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratory, Bedford, Mass., 1972), p. 108.
27. S. A. Clough, M. W. Shephard, E. J. Mlawer, J. S. Delamere, M. J. Iacono, K. Cady-Pereira, S. Boukabara, and P. D. Brown, "Atmospheric radiative transfer modeling: a summary of the AER codes. Short communication," J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 91, 233-244 (2005).
28. R. A. McClatchey, W. S. Benedict, S. A. Clough, D. E. Burch, R. F. Calfee, K. Fox, L. S. Rothman, and J. S. Garing, "AFCRL atmospheric absorption line parameters compilation," Rep. AFCRL-TR-730096 (Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Bedford, Mass., 1973).
29. L. S. Rothman, R. R. Gamache, A. Goldman, L. R. Brown, R. A. Toth, H. M. Pickett, R. L. Poynter, J.-M. Flaud, C. Camy-Peyret, N. Husson, C. P. Rinsland, and M. A. H. Smith, The HITRAN database: 1986 edition," Appl. Opt. 26, 4058-4097 (1987).
30. L. S. Rothman, C. P. Rinsland, A. Goldman, S. T. Massie, D. P. Edwards, J.-M. Flaud, A. Perrin, C. Camy-Peyret, V. Dana, J.-Y. Mandin, J. Schroeder, A. McCann, R. R. Gamache, R. B. Wattson, K. Yashino, K. V. Chance, K. W. Jucks, L. R. Brown, N. Nemtchinov, and P. Varanasi, "The HITRAN molecular spectroscopic database and HAWKS (HITRAN Atmospheric Workstation): 1996 edition," J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 60, 666-710 (1998).
31. L. S. Rothman, A. Barbe, D. C. Benner, L. R. Brown, C. Camy-Peyret, M. R. Carleer, K. Chance, C. Clerbaux, V. Dana, V. M. Devi, A. Fayt, J. M. Flaud, R. R. Gamache, A. Goldman, D. Jacquemart, K. W. Jucks, W. J. Lafferty, J. Y. Mandin, S. T. Massie, V. Nemtchinov, D. A. Newnham, A. Perrin, C. P. Rinsland, J. Schroeder, K. M. Smith, M. A. H. Smith, K. Tang, R. A. Toth, J. V. Auwera, P. Varanasi, and K. Yoshino, The HITRAN molecular spectroscopic database: edition of 2000 including updates of 2001," J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 82, 6-44 (2003).
32. E. J. Mlawer, S. A. Clough, and D. C. Tobin, The MT_CKD water vapor continuum: a revised perspective including collision induced effects," presented at the Atmospheric Science from Space using Fourier Transform Spectrometry (ASSFTS) Workshop, Bad Wildbad (Black Forest), Germany, 8-10 October 2003.
33. P. R. Bevington and D. K. Robinson, Data Reduction and Error Analysis for the Physical Sciences (McGraw-Hill, 2003).
34. H. E. Revercomb, H. Buijs, H. B. Howell, D. D. LaPorte, W. L. Smith, and L. A. Sromovsky, "Radiometrie calibration of IR Fourier transform spectrometers: solution to a problem with the High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder," Appl. Opt. 27, 3210-3218 (1988).
35. L. S. Rothman, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics Division, Cambridge, Mass. 02138 (personal communication, 2004).
36. S. A. Clough, Radiation & Climate Group, Atmospheric and Environmental Research, 131 Hartwell Ave., Lexington, Mass. 02421 (personal communication, 2004).
37. NOAA CMDL, http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov.
38. E. J. Dlugokencky, B. P. Walter, K. A. Masarie, P. M. Lang, and E. Kasischke, "Measurements of an anomalous global methane increase during 1998," Geophys. Res. Lett. 28, 499-602 (2001).
39. T. J. Conway, P. P. Tans, L. S. Waterman, K. W. Thoning, D. R. Kitzis, K. A. Masarie, and N. Zhang, "Evidence for interannual variability of the carbon cycle from the NOAA/CMDL global air sampling network," J. Geophys. Res. 99, 22831-22865 (1994).
40. P. C. Novelli, J. E. Elkins, and L. P. Steele, The development and evaluation of a gravimetric reference scale for measurements of atmospheric carbon monoxide," J. Geophys. Res. 86, 13109-13121 (1991).
41. P. R. Griffiths and J. A. deHaseth, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry (Wiley, 1986).
42. M. C. Abrams, G. C. Toon, and R. A. Schindler, "Practical example of the correction of Fourier-transform spectra for detector nonlinearity," Appl. Opt. 33, 6307-6314 (1994).