THE COMPUTATION OF INFRARED TRANSMISSION BY ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR, PART II

W. L. Godson Meteorological Division, Toronto

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Abstract

The calculation of transmission for a model spectrum requires the adoption of a distribution function for line intensity. In the case of the infrared water-vapor spectrum (random model), a logarithmic ogive distribution for line intensity is very realistic and produces smaller transmission and cooling-rate errors than other functions previously proposed. These results apply also when experimental data are assumed available and the requisite parameters are obtained by curve fitting.

Abstract

The calculation of transmission for a model spectrum requires the adoption of a distribution function for line intensity. In the case of the infrared water-vapor spectrum (random model), a logarithmic ogive distribution for line intensity is very realistic and produces smaller transmission and cooling-rate errors than other functions previously proposed. These results apply also when experimental data are assumed available and the requisite parameters are obtained by curve fitting.

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