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The HITRAN2016 Molecular Spectroscopic DatabaseThis 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.
Document ID
20230001055
Acquisition Source
2230 Support
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
I E Gordon
(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
L S Rothman
(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
C Hill
(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
R V Kochanov
(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
Y Tan
(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
P F Bernath
(Old Dominion University Norfolk, Virginia, United States)
M Birk
(German Aerospace Center Cologne, Germany)
V Boudon
(Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté Besançon, France)
A Campargue
(Grenoble Alpes University Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France)
K V Chance ORCID
(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
B J Drouin
(Jet Propulsion Lab La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States)
J -M Flaud
(Paris 12 Val de Marne University Paris, France)
R R Gamache
(University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, Massachusetts, United States)
J T Hodges
(National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States)
D Jacquemart
(Sorbonne University Paris, France)
V I Perevalovm
(V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics Tomsk, Russia)
A Perrin
(French National Centre for Scientific Research Paris, France)
K P Shine
(University of Reading Reading, United Kingdom)
M A H Smith ORCID
(Langley Research Center Hampton, Virginia, United States)
J Tennyson
(University College London London, United Kingdom)
G C Toon
(Jet Propulsion Lab La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States)
H Tran
(French National Centre for Scientific Research Paris, France)
V G Tyuterev
(University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, France)
A Barbe
(University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, France)
A G Császár
(MTA Research Centre for Natural Sciences Budapest, Hungary)
V M Devi
(William & Mary Williamsburg, Virginia, United States)
T Furtenbacher
(MTA Research Centre for Natural Sciences Budapest, Hungary)
J J Harrison
(University of Leicester Leicester, United Kingdom)
J -M Hartmann
(French National Centre for Scientific Research Paris, France)
A Jolly
(Paris 12 Val de Marne University Paris, France)
T J Johnson
(Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland, Washington, United States)
T Karman
(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
I Kleiner
(Paris 12 Val de Marne University Paris, France)
A A Kyuberis
(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
J Loos
(German Aerospace Center Cologne, Germany)
O M Lyulin
(V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics Tomsk, Russia)
S T Massie
(University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado, United States)
S N Mikhailenko
(V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics Tomsk, Russia)
N Moazzen-Ahmadi
(University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
H S P Müller
(University of Cologne Cologne, Germany)
O V Naumenko
(V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics Tomsk, Russia)
A V Nikitin
(V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics Tomsk, Russia)
O L Polyansky
(University College London London, United Kingdom)
M Rey
(University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, France)
M Rotger
(University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, France)
S W Sharpe
(Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland, Washington, United States)
K Sung ORCID
(Jet Propulsion Lab La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States)
E Starikova
(V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics Tomsk, Russia)
S A Tashkun
(V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics Tomsk, Russia)
J Vander Auwera
(Université Libre de Bruxelles Brussels, Belgium)
G Wagner
(German Aerospace Center Cologne, Germany)
J Wilzewski
(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
P Wcisło
(Nicolaus Copernicus University Toruń, Poland)
S Yu ORCID
(Jet Propulsion Lab La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States)
E J Zak
(University College London London, United Kingdom)
Date Acquired
January 22, 2023
Publication Date
July 5, 2017
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer
Publisher: Elsevier
Volume: 203
Issue Publication Date: December 1, 2017
ISSN: 0022-4073
Report/Patent Number
NIHMS1035447
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX16AG51G
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX17AI78G
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX14AI55G
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX13AI59G
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Keywords
HITRAN
Spectroscopic database
Molecular spectroscopy
Molecular absorption
Spectroscopic line parameters
Absorption cross-sections
Collision-induced absorption
Aerosols
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