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Laboratory Studies of Oxygen Continuun Absorption

Published

Author(s)

Y I. Baranov, Gerald T. Fraser, Walter J. Lafferty, B Mate, A A. Vigasin

Abstract

Laboratory studies of the mid and near infrared collision-induced absorption bands of O2 are reviewed, with an emphasis on the 6.4 m and 1.27 m bands and on Ar, O2, N2, and CO2 collision partners. These absorption bands are important in the radiative balance of the atmosphere and contribute to the background absorption in remote-sensing radiometers. Also discussed is the ripple structure observed on the 6.4 m band, which is absent from the 1.27 m band. This structure has been attributed to dimers or to line mixing involving the weakly allowed electric-quadrupole absorptions. Finally, the strong enhancement of the collision-induced absorption by CO2 collisions is shown.
Proceedings Title
NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Weakly Interacting Molecular Pairs: Unconventional Absorbers of Radiation in the Atmosphere |||Kluwer Academic Publishers
Volume
27
Conference Dates
April 29-May 2, 2002
Conference Location
Abbaye De Fontevraud, 1, FR
Conference Title
NATO Science Series

Keywords

air, atmospheric absorption, collision-induced absorption, continuum absorption, FTIR, infrared intensity, infrared spectroscopy, nitrogen, oxygen

Citation

Baranov, Y. , Fraser, G. , Lafferty, W. , Mate, B. and Vigasin, A. (2003), Laboratory Studies of Oxygen Continuun Absorption, NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Weakly Interacting Molecular Pairs: Unconventional Absorbers of Radiation in the Atmosphere |||Kluwer Academic Publishers, Abbaye De Fontevraud, 1, FR (Accessed March 29, 2024)
Created June 30, 2003, Updated October 12, 2021