Multispectrum analysis of the ν4 band of CH3CN: Positions, intensities, self- and N2-broadening, and pressure-induced shifts

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 974-994

  Rinsland, C P ^a   Malathy Devi, V ^b   Chris Benner, D ^b   Blake, T A ^c   Sams, R L ^c   Brown, L R ^d   Kleiner, I ^e   Dehayem Kamadjeu, A ^e   Muller H S P ^f   Gamache, R R ^g   Niles, D L ^g   Masiello, T ^c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^g University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere of Titan; CH3CN; Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy; Partition function; Pressure broadening; Pressure induced shifts; Remote sounding; Spectral line shape; Transmission and scattering of radiation

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; CURVE FITTING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

PRESSURE-INDUCED SHIFT; QUANTUM NUMBER; VOIGT LINE SHAPES;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NITROGEN; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PRESSURE EFFECT; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TITAN;

EID: 40649113119     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2007.11.013     Document Type: Article

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