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Abundance and rotational temperature of telluric methane as determined from the 2 nu 3 bandThe rotational temperature of the 2 nu 3 methane absorptions in the solar/telluric spectrum and the methane abundance in the earth's atmosphere have been measured and are found to be 243.4 plus or minus 5.3 K and 1.137 plus or minus 0.117 cm-atm (STP) in a vertical column, respectively. The data were reduced using the results of laboratory measurements with proper allowance for the fine-structure of the methane absorption manifold and the effects of vibration-rotation interaction (which causes an enhancement of the R-branch of this band).
Document ID
19740045811
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Margolis, J. S.
Martonchik, J.
Beer, R.
Norton, R. H.
(California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena Calif., United States)
Date Acquired
August 7, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1974
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
Volume: 31
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
74A28561
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS7-100
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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