Showing papers by "Steven T. Massie published in 1992"
TL;DR: The HITRAN molecular absorption database as mentioned in this paper contains line parameters for 31 species and their isotopomers that are significant for terrestrial atmospheric studies, including chlorofluorocarbons and other molecular species that are not amenable to line-by-line representation.
Abstract: We describe in this paper the modifications, improvements, and enhancements to the HITRAN molecular absorption database that have occurred in the two editions of 1991 and 1992 The current database includes line parameters for 31 species and their isotopomers that are significant for terrestrial atmospheric studies This line-by-line portion of HITRAN presently contains about 709,000 transitions between 0 and 23,000/cm and contains three molecules not present in earlier versions: COF2, SF6, and H2S The HITRAN compilation has substantially more information on chlorofluorocarbons and other molecular species that exhibit dense spectra which are not amenable to line-by-line representation The user access of the database has been advanced, and new media forms are now available for use on personal computers
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TL;DR: In this paper, the chemical importance of the heavy molecules, the quantitative accuracy of the HITRAN 91 cross sections, and the need for additional spectroscopic quantification are discussed.
Abstract: Cross sections for the heavy molecules CFC-11, CFC-12, CFC-13, CFC-14, CFC-22, CFC-113, CFC-114, CFC-115, CCl4, ClONO2, N2O5, HNO4, and HNO3 are included on the HITRAN 91 database. For many of these species, the cross sections vary by a factor of two between room temperature and temperatures near 210 K. The chemical importance of the heavy molecules, the quantitative accuracy of the HITRAN 91 cross sections, and the need for additional spectroscopic quantification are discussed.
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