Abstract

We calculated the concentration, pressure, and temperature dependence of the spectral absorptance of a vibrational absorption band. We found a smooth thermodynamic dependence for wavelength intervals where the average absorptance is less than 0.65. Individual rotational lines, whose parameters are often well known, were used as bases in the calculation of medium resolution spectra. We combined two modes of calculation: well-separated rotational lines plus interaction terms, or strongly overlapping lines that were represented by a compound line of similar shape plus corrections. The 1.9 and 6.3 μm bands of H₂O and the 4.3 μm band of CO₂ were examined in detail and compared with experiment.

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6.3 μm water-vapor-band derivatives*

P. E. Hendrickson, W. L. Walls, and S. Broersma
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 64(8) 1119-1122 (1974)

Analysis of Fabry–Perot interferograms of periodic spectra

R. L. Armstrong
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 64(6) 871-876 (1974)

Scattering-independent determination of the thermal-emission profile of a planetary atmosphere and related radiative-equilibrium considerations

A. L. Fymat
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 64(2) 145-147 (1974)

Effect of retarded dipole–dipole interactions between island particles on the optical plasma-resonance absorption of a silver-island film

Tomuo Yamaguchi, Sadafumi Yoshida, and Akira Kinbara
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 64(11) 1563-1568 (1974)

Adiabatic pressure dependence of the 2.7 and 1.9 μm water vapor bands*

C. V. Mathai, W. L. Walls, and S. Broersma
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 67(11) 1532-1537 (1977)