A Synergistic Investigation of the Infrared Water Vapor Continuum.

Abstract

Attenuation of infrared absorption in the troposphere is dominated by water vapor absorption. Most past work on the spectroscopy of water vapor has been on the analysis of the rotational and vibrational bands. Efforts to model the continuum absorption have not been as successful. It is demonstrated here that the far-wing phenomena is important in modeling the small but significant absorption in the continuum regions. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA101669

Entities

People

  • E. K. Damon
  • M. E. Thomas
  • R. J. Nordstorm
  • R. K. Long

Organizations

  • Ohio State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Data Sets
  • Deuterium Fluoride Lasers
  • Elements
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Measurement
  • Partial Pressure
  • Physical Properties
  • Quantum Numbers
  • Sorption
  • Spectra
  • Spectral Lines
  • Spectroscopy
  • Vapor Pressure

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Spectroscopy.