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view Abstract Citations (8) References (11) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS Atmospheric extinction in the four-micron region. Wing, R. F. ; Rinsland, C. P. Abstract Extinction by the terrestrial atmosphere, derived from scanner observations of stars, is found to be strongly wavelength-dependent between 3.98 and 4.07 microns. Synthetic extinction coefficients, generated by using absorption coefficients measured in the laboratory and a model terrestrial atmosphere, indicate that the dominant opacity source is pressure-induced absorption by the fundamental band of N2. Smaller contributors in this region are continuous absorption by H2O and CO2, discrete lines of N2O, and aerosol extinction. Publication: The Astronomical Journal Pub Date: August 1979 DOI: 10.1086/112534 Bibcode: 1979AJ.....84.1235W Keywords: Atmospheric Attenuation; Earth Atmosphere; Infrared Astronomy; Absorptivity; Carbon Dioxide; Nitrogen; Nitrous Oxides; Water; Astronomy; Earth Atmosphere:Extinction full text sources ADS |
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