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Absorption cross-sections of atmospheric constituents: NO2, O2, and H2O

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Absorption spectroscopy, which is widely used for concentration measurements of tropospheric and stratospheric compounds, requires precise values of the absorption cross-sections of the measured species. NO2, O2 and its collision-induced absorption spectrum, and H2O absorption cross-sections have been measured at temperature and pressure conditions prevailing in the Earth’s atmosphere. Corrections to the generally accepted analysis procedures used to resolve the convolution problem are also proposed.

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  1. Institut d’Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique, 3 av. Circulaire, B-1180, Bruxelles, Belgium

    Christian Hermans & Ann C. Vandaele

  2. Laboratoire de Chimie Physique Moléculaire, Université Libre de Bruxelles, CP160/9, 50 av. F. D. Roosevelt, B-1050, Bruxelles, Belgium

    Michel Carleer, Sophie Fally & Réginald Colin

  3. Groupe de Spectrométrie Moléculaire et Atmosphérique, URA D1434, UFR Sciences, Moulin de la Housse, F-51687, Reims Cedex 2, France

    Alain Jenouvrier, Bernard Coquart & Marie-France Mérienne

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Hermans, C., Vandaele, A.C., Carleer, M. et al. Absorption cross-sections of atmospheric constituents: NO2, O2, and H2O. Environ. Sci. & Pollut. Res. 6, 151–158 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02987620

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