Atmospheric absorption of terahertz radiation and water vapor continuum effects

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 127, Issue , 2013, Pages 49-63

  Slocum, David M ^a   Slingerland, Elizabeth J ^a,b   Giles, Robert H ^a   Goyette, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b METRON INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption; Continuum; Spectroscopy; Terahertz; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CO-EFFICIENT; ATMOSPHERIC ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMISSIONS; CONTINUUM; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROSCOPY; TERA HERTZ; WATER VAPOR CONTINUUMS;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROSCOPY; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

WATER VAPOR;

ABSORPTION; DATABASE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84881243553     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2013.04.022     Document Type: Article

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