Multispectrum measurements of spectral line parameters including temperature dependences of N2- and self-broadened half-width coefficients in the region of the ∨9 band of 12C2H6

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 111, Issue 17-18, 2010, Pages 2481-2504

  Malathy Devi, V ^a   Chris Benner, D ^a   Rinsland, C P ^b   Smith, M A H ^b   Sams, R L ^c   Blake, T A ^c   Flaud, Jean Marie ^d   Sung, Keeyoon ^e   Brown, L R ^e   Mantz, A W ^f  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethane; Fourier transform spectra; Intensities; Line shapes; Nitrogen broadening; Positions; Pressure broadened widths; Self broadening; Temperature dependence

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTRA; INTENSITIES; LINE SHAPE; POSITIONS; SELF-BROADENING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ETHANE; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WATER VAPOR;

FOURIER TRANSFORMS;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ETHANE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NITROGEN; SHAPE; TEMPERATURE;

CALIFORNIA; PASADENA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956584365     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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