Atmospheric absorption spectra near 2200 kayser and 2400 kayser

Quantitative interpretation of radiometric measurements for temperature profiling requires the ability to accurately calculate the average transmittance across the sounding channel. Therefore, an accurate calculation of atmospheric absorption due to broad banded or continuum absorption features is as significant as one of features due to individual lines. The important broad banded features affecting atmospheric absorption in the 4.3 micrometer region are due to the pressure induced N2 fundamental (called the N2 continuum) and to wings of relatively nearby very saturated CO2 lines. Attention is given to the N2 continuum, the CO2 line shape, and calculated and observed line spectra.