Validation of line and continuum spectroscopic parameters with measurements of atmospheric emitted spectral radiance from far to mid infrared wave number range

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1286-1299

  Masiello, G ^a   Serio, C ^a   Esposito, F ^a   Palchetti, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b IFAC CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Far infrared; Fourier transform spectrometers; Infrared spectroscopy; Ozone; Radiative transfer; Water vapor continuum

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMISSION SPECTRA; DOWN-WELLING; FAR INFRARED; FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS; GAIN INSIGHT; GROUND BASED; HIGH MOUNTAINS; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMPROVED MODELS; LONG WAVES; MOLECULAR ABSORPTION; OZONE ABSORPTION; SPECTRAL RADIANCE; SPECTRAL REGION; SPECTROSCOPIC PARAMETERS; TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; WATER-VAPOR ABSORPTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OZONE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

WATER VAPOR;

ABSORPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATABASE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; OZONE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84860920667     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2012.01.019     Document Type: Article

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