The water-vapor continuum and selective absorption in the 3-5γm spectral region at temperatures from 311 to 363K

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1304-1313

  Baranov, Yu I ^a   Lafferty, W J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric absorption; Continuum; MT_CKD model; Water vapor IR spectra

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; ATMOSPHERIC ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC WINDOW; CONTINUUM; CONTINUUM MODEL; FOURIER; HITRAN DATABASE; LINE STRENGTH; MT_CKD MODEL; PATH LENGTH; PURE WATER; SAMPLE TEMPERATURE; SELECTIVE ABSORPTION; SHORTER WAVELENGTH; SPECTRAL PROCESSING; SPECTRAL REGION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VIBRATIONAL STRUCTURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER VAPOR;

WATER ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MODELING; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 79952902386     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2011.01.024     Document Type: Article

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