Absolute high spectral resolution measurements of surface solar radiation for detection of water vapour continuum absorption

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1968, 2012, Pages 2590-2610

  Gardiner, T D ^a   Coleman, M ^a   Browning, H ^a   Tallis, L ^b   Ptashnik, I V ^b,c   Shine, K P ^b  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Radiative calibration; Solar irradiation; Watervapour continuum

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VAPORS;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMISSIONS; CALIBRATION PROCESS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FT-IR-SPECTROMETERS; FTIR; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SOLAR IRRADIATION; SPECTRAL REGION; SPECTRAL STRUCTURE; SURFACE SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOUR; WATERVAPOUR CONTINUUM;

WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 84860623201     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0221     Document Type: Article

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