Atmospheric continuum absorption models

Corinne T. Delaye; Michael E. Thomas

doi:10.1117/12.46570

1 July 1991 Atmospheric continuum absorption models

Corinne T. Delaye, Michael E. Thomas

Proceedings Volume 1487, Propagation Engineering: Fourth in a Series; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.46570
Event: Orlando '91, 1991, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Accurate models are needed to represent both the local lines and the continuum absorption in spectral ranges of interest. Additionally, accurate experimental data are needed, under different conditions of pressure and temperature, to test the validity of various models. Experimental data are obtained from a BOMEM fourier transform spectrometer (FTS) with a high pressure-high temperature cell and a 10-m white cell. Absorption coefficients are determined for gas mixtures (H2O, CO2, N2, O2) for pressure up to 60 atm and temperatures up to 600 K. At high pressure, the Lorentzian approach fails, and semi- empirical models are used to represent local line and far wing phenomena. The far wing nature of the line shape theory of Birnbaum is used to represent the water vapor continuum. Comparisons are made between our experimental data and synthetic spectra based on the HITRAN data base and Birnbaum's line shape for several atmospheric transmission window regions. Implications concerning atmospheric propagation are emphasized.

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Corinne T. Delaye and Michael E. Thomas "Atmospheric continuum absorption models", Proc. SPIE 1487, Propagation Engineering: Fourth in a Series, (1 July 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.46570

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