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The absorption of solar infra‐red radiation by the lower stratosphere
Author(s) -
Houghton J. T.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49708938103
Subject(s) - stratosphere , atmospheric sciences , absorption (acoustics) , radiation , atmosphere (unit) , environmental science , water vapor , infrared , latitude , carbon dioxide , meteorology , materials science , physics , optics , astronomy , chemistry , organic chemistry
Aircraft observations of the absorption of solar infra‐red radiation by the atmosphere are compared with values of integrated absorption predicted from laboratory measurements on water vapour and carbon dioxide. Aircraft observations of bands due to O 2 , CO, CH 4 and N 2 O are also considered. A scheme is derived for computing, for different latitudes and seasons, the heating‐rate due to the absorption of solar infra‐red radiation at altitudes between 10 km and 40 km. The results of such computations are presented.