ATTENUATION OF MILLIMETER WAVELENGTH RADIATION BY GASEOUS WATER,
Abstract
A theoretical computation for absorption by water vapor of radiation within the millimeter and submillimeter region of the electromagnetic spectrum permits the determination of attenuation coefficients for given water vapor densities, pressures and temperatures. The rigid asymmetrical top rotor approximation for all angular momentum quantum numbers J < or = 12 is used with the Zhevaklin-Naumov line shape and half-widths calculated by Anderson's theory. An equation is given for extrapolating attenuation coefficients to pressures and temperatures other than those for which calculations were performed. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0650812
Entities
People
- James T. Hall
Organizations
- Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory