Water vapor self-continuum absorption in near-infrared windows derived from laboratory measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 16, 2011, Pages

  Ptashnik, Igor V ^a,b   McPheat, Robert A ^c   Shine, Keith P ^a   Smith, Kevin M ^c   Williams, R G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b V E ZUEV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS   (Russian Federation)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; INFRARED DEVICES; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROSCOPY; SUN; WATER ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION OF SOLAR RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC WINDOW; CURRENT THEORIES; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; NEAR INFRARED; SPECTRAL LINE; WATER DIMERS; WATER-VAPOR ABSORPTION; WAVE NUMBERS; WEATHER PREDICTION MODEL;

WATER VAPOR;

ABSORPTION; LABORATORY METHOD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NEAR INFRARED; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSURE EFFECT; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 80052064513     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD015603     Document Type: Article

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