High-resolution spectrum of water vapor between 11300 and 13200 cm-1

Abstract

The water vapor absorption spectra between 11,600 and 12,750 cm<SUP>-1</SUP> have been recorded with the Fourier-transform spectrometer (Kitt-Peak, Az) at the resolution of 0.012 cm<SUP>-1</SUP> and with the path length of 434 m. Three spectra were used for the analysis: two spectra of water vapor recorded with the Kitt Peak interferometer at the pressure of 1.5 and 17 Torr and the spectrum published by Toth. The experimental details and data reduction procedure have already been discussed, the line assignments were performed simultaneously with calculation of the line positions and intensities that allowed one to obtain an accurate set of experimental rotational energy levels for the eight interacting vibrational states. (131), (211), (013), (230), (112), (032), (051) and (310).