Premium
Water vapour absorption in the 3.5‐4.2μm atmospheric window
Author(s) -
Barton I. J.
Publication year - 1981
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.49710745414
Subject(s) - water vapor , infrared window , radiometer , chopper , environmental science , window (computing) , atmospheric sciences , absorption (acoustics) , remote sensing , meteorology , optics , geology , physics , infrared , quantum mechanics , voltage , computer science , operating system
An analysis of Nimbus 5 Selective Chopper Radiometer data supports the measurements of Bignell (1970) and Watkins et al. (1979) which both show considerable ‘e‐type’ absorption by water vapour in the 3.5‐4.2 μm atmospheric window.