ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION TABLES

Abstract

Tabular material on the emission and transmission of the far infrared bands of water vapor, carbon dioxide, and ozone are given. The values are based entirely on laboratory measurements made with long optical paths (with the exception only of the water-vapor absorption in the window near 10 micron). All the bands appearing in the spontaneous emission of atmospheric air at common atmospheric temperatures are included. This comprises five bands, the 6.3 micron band and the rotational band of water vapor, the 14 micron band of carbon dioxide and the 9.6 and 11 micron bands of ozone. The ozone bands are found to be of minor importance in atmospheric heat transfer. Of greater importance is the overlap of the 14 micron carbon dioxide band and the rotational water-vapor band. Tables of this overlap are given.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1960
Accession Number
AD0251172

Entities

People

  • Margaret F. Culbertson
  • Walter M. Elsasser

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Accuracy
  • Atmospheric Temperature
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Equations
  • Geometry
  • Heat Transfer
  • Infrared Radiation
  • Measurement
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Numerical Integration
  • Optical Properties
  • Radiation
  • Scattering
  • Spectra
  • Spectroscopy
  • Visible Spectra

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics