Showing papers by "Steven T. Massie published in 2005"
Harvard University1, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne2, College of William & Mary3, Old Dominion University4, University of Lisbon5, University of Burgundy6, California Institute of Technology7, Centre national de la recherche scientifique8, Université catholique de Louvain9, University of York10, University College London11, National Institute of Standards and Technology12, University of Waterloo13, National Center for Atmospheric Research14, University of Cologne15, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology16, Langley Research Center17
TL;DR: The new HITRAN is greatly extended in terms of accuracy, spectral coverage, additional absorption phenomena, added line-shape formalisms, and validity, and molecules, isotopologues, and perturbing gases have been added that address the issues of atmospheres beyond the Earth.
Abstract: This paper describes the contents of the 2016 edition of the HITRAN molecular spectroscopic compilation. The new edition replaces the previous HITRAN edition of 2012 and its updates during the intervening years. The HITRAN molecular absorption compilation is composed of five major components: the traditional line-by-line spectroscopic parameters required for high-resolution radiative-transfer codes, infrared absorption cross-sections for molecules not yet amenable to representation in a line-by-line form, collision-induced absorption data, aerosol indices of refraction, and general tables such as partition sums that apply globally to the data. The new HITRAN is greatly extended in terms of accuracy, spectral coverage, additional absorption phenomena, added line-shape formalisms, and validity. Moreover, molecules, isotopologues, and perturbing gases have been added that address the issues of atmospheres beyond the Earth. Of considerable note, experimental IR cross-sections for almost 300 additional molecules important in different areas of atmospheric science have been added to the database. The compilation can be accessed through www.hitran.org. Most of the HITRAN data have now been cast into an underlying relational database structure that offers many advantages over the long-standing sequential text-based structure. The new structure empowers the user in many ways. It enables the incorporation of an extended set of fundamental parameters per transition, sophisticated line-shape formalisms, easy user-defined output formats, and very convenient searching, filtering, and plotting of data. A powerful application programming interface making use of structured query language (SQL) features for higher-level applications of HITRAN is also provided.
7,638 citations
École Polytechnique1, Russian Academy of Sciences2, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne3, German Aerospace Center4, California Institute of Technology5, Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University6, Université libre de Bruxelles7, University of Paris8, University of Denver9, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich10, National Center for Atmospheric Research11, Stony Brook University12, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory13, Kurchatov Institute14, Max Planck Society15
TL;DR: The GEISA/IASI-03 database as discussed by the authors is the current version of the database, which contains three independent spectroscopic archives related with: an individual line transition spectroscopy parameters sub-database which contains 14 molecules, i.e., H2O, CO2, O3, N2O2, CO, CH4, O2, SO2, NO2, HNO3, OCS, C2H2, N 2, N1, CCL4, CCl4, and N2, representing 51 isotopomers and
Abstract: The content of the current 2003 version, GEISA/IASI-03, of the computer-accessible spectroscopic database, GEISA (Gestion et Etude des Informations Spectroscopiques Atmospheriques: Management and Study of Atmospheric Spectroscopic Information)/IASI (Infrared Atmospheric Sounder Interferometer) is described. The GEISA/IASI-03 system comprises three independent spectroscopic archives related with: an individual line transition spectroscopic parameters sub-database which contains 14 molecules, i.e.: H2O, CO2, O3, N2O, CO, CH4, O2, NO, SO2, NO2, HNO3, OCS, C2H2, N2, representing 51 isotopomers and 702,550 entries, in the spectral range 599-3001 cm-1; an absorption cross-sections sub-database which comprehends 6,572,329 entries related to 6 molecules, i.e.: CFC-11, CFC-12, CFC-14, HCFC-22, N2O5, CCl4; a catalog on micro-physical and optical properties of atmospheric aerosols, mainly refractive indices. The modifications and improvements, made since former editions in terms of database content and management, are detailed. GEISA/IASI is elaborated with the purpose of assessing the IASI (Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer: http://earth-sciences.cnes.fr/IASI/) measurements capabilities, within the ISSWG (IASI Sounding Science Working Group), in the frame of the CNES (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, France)/EUMETSAT (EUropean organization for the exploitation of METeorological SATellites) European Polar System (EPS) preparation. All the archived data can be handled though general and user friendly associated management software facilities, which are interfaced on the ARA (Atmospheric Radiation Analysis)/LMD (Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique) group web site at: http://ara.lmd.polytechnique.fr.
172 citations