Line parameter validation using ground-based solar occultation measurements: Water vapor-A case study
Creators
- 1. Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands) and Earth Oriented Science Department, National Institute for Space Research (SRON), Utrecht (Netherlands)
- 2. Earth Oriented Science Department, National Institute for Space Research (SRON), Utrecht (Netherlands)
- 3. Space Science and Technology Department, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire (United Kingdom)
- 4. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT (United Kingdom)
- 5. Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands)
Description
Water vapor spectroscopy data for the 720nm absorption band (4ν polyad) are validated in the context of atmospheric radiative transfer calculations. We validate line parameters from the HITRAN-2000 database and from the ULB-UFR-BIRA database which have been used for the 2004 release of HITRAN. For this purpose, ground-based high resolution observations of the direct solar radiation are compared with simulated spectra. Line parameters are selected for validation based on a full error characterization including instrument noise and uncertainties in the atmospheric profile data. For a subset of the line parameters validated in the present study independent high-accuracy data are available. The comparison with these independent reference data confirms the capability of our approach to improve water vapor spectroscopic data
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2007.02.005;
- PII
- S0022-4073(07)00094-5;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
- Journal Volume
- 107
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 349-359
- ISSN
- 0022-4073
- CODEN
- JQSRAE
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 39036964
- Subject category
- S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ACCURACY; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIRECT SOLAR RADIATION; LINE WIDTHS; RADIANT HEAT TRANSFER; SPECTRA; WATER VAPOR
- Descriptors DEC
- ENERGY TRANSFER; EVALUATION; FLUIDS; GASES; HEAT TRANSFER; RADIATION FLUX; RADIATIONS; SOLAR FLUX; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROSCOPY; STELLAR RADIATION; VAPORS
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.