Calculated Slant-Path Absorption and Distribution of Atmospheric
Water Vapor

Robert F. Calfee; David M. Gates

doi:10.1364/AO.5.000287

Applied Optics
Vol. 5,
Issue 2,
pp. 287-292
(1966)
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Calculated Slant-Path Absorption and Distribution of Atmospheric Water Vapor

Robert F. Calfee and David M. Gates

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Robert F. Calfee and David M. Gates, "Calculated Slant-Path Absorption and Distribution of Atmospheric Water Vapor," Appl. Opt. 5, 287-292 (1966)

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Abstract

A procedure is described for determining the amount and distribution of water vapor along a slant path through the atmosphere above 13.7 km. A multilayer analysis is used in which the transmittance of each layer is calculated and the accumulative effect obtained at the altitude of observation. The method depends upon the contribution of each line to the absorptance in a finite spectral region.

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Flight	∫ A_νdν Observed A_O	Zenith Angle	Air Mass	Mixing Ratio Constant	Water Vapor Vertical	∫ A_νd_ν Calculated AC	Percent Difference $\frac{A_{C} {- A}_{O}}{A_{O}}$
Jan 25, 1963	1.67 cm⁻¹	57.6 deg	1.86	1.75 ppm	2.68 pr μ	1.70 cm⁻¹	1.8
Jan. 31	4.16	88.0	19.7	1.69	2.59	4.13	−0.7
Feb. 1 #1	2.64	84.4	9.40	1.09	1.67	2.66	0.8
Feb. 1 #2	4.56	89.1	27.9	1.50	2.30	4.52	−0.8
Feb. 4	2.89	82.3	7.14	1.75	2.68	2.87	−0.7
Mar. 19	3.24	84.6	9.68	1.75	2.65	3.21	−0.9
Mar. 21 #1	5.70	89.5	33.0	2.38	3.63	5.68	−0.4
Mar. 21 #2	5.52	89.5	33.0	1.89	2.89	5.53	0.2
Mar. 22	3.41	84.0	8.90	2.14	3.27	3.36	−1.5
Apr. 16	3.46	81.2	6.30	3.25	4.97	3.46	0.0
Apr. 18	2.95	81.0	6.20	2.18	3.32	2.95	0.0
Apr. 19	1.61	17.6	1.08	2.42	3.82	1.60	−0.6
Apr. 24	3.01	80.9	6.10	2.28	3.51	3.00	−0.3
May 6	2.60	68.7	2.75	3.62	5.53	2.63	1.1
May 10	2.48	60.9	2.03	4.36	6.70	2.52	1.6
May 15	5.41	88.9	25.5	2.69	4.12	5.40	−0.2
May 27	4.25	81.5	6.51	5.39	8.26	4.23	−0.5
June 3 #1	4.06	86.2	12.8	2.42	3.72	4.04	−0.5
June 3 #2	3.00	80.5	5.84	2.40	3.66	3.00	0.0
June 5	3.25	80.0	5.60	3.02	4.59	3.21	−1.2
June 17	3.77	79.6	5.40	4.73	7.24	3.74	−0.8
July 2	3.70	87.4	17.0	1.37	2.09	3.63	−1.9
July 9	4.55	85.6	11.5	3.75	5.74	4.57	0.4
Aug. 21	2.22	59.0	1.93	3.27	5.03	2.21	−0.5
Oct. 11	1.99	36.9	1.26	3.74	5.74	1.97	−1.0
Oct. 17	2.82	74.6	3.72	3.24	4.97	2.83	0.3
Oct. 21	4.22	85.7	11.7	3.00	4.60	4.23	0.2
Nov. 7 # 1	6.36	89.0	26.9	4.06	6.21	6.37	0.2
Nov. 7 #2	8.13	90.4	~70.0	3.45	~5.28	8.12	−0.1
Nov. 7 #3	7.10	89.6	34.8	4.12	6.32	6.99	−1.6
Dec. 2 #1	4.72	87.0	15.5	2.96	4.56	4.68	−0.8
Dec. 2 #2	4.68	86.6	14.2	3.23	4.96	4.68	0.0
Dec. 4	2.39	65.0	2.38	3.25	5.00	2.39	0.0
Dec. 11	3.54	84.3	9.47	2.32	3.54	3.52	−0.6
Dec. 30	5.64	88.9	25.7	3.00	4.59	5.64	0.0
Jan. 10, 1964	4.22	86.2	12.9	2.72	4.17	4.23	0.2
Jan. 13	1.91	66.8	2.52	1.67	2.56	1.88	−1.6
Jan. 14	3.31	83.6	8.45	2.06	3.16	3.26	−1.5
Jan. 16 #1	3.32	83.4	9.30	1.96	3.01	3.29	−0.9
Jan. 16. # ?.	3.95	86.4	13.5	2.16	3.30	3.92	−0.8
Mar. 4	1.82	35.0	1.22	3.13	4.80	1.82	0.0

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