Continuum Model



 

PRINCIPAL REFERENCES FOR THE MT_CKD WATER VAPOR CONTINUUM MODEL:


Mlawer, E.J., D.C. Tobin, and S.A. Clough, A Revised Perspective on the Water Vapor  Continuum:
    The MT_CKD Model, in preparation , 2004.
 

PRINCIPAL REFERENCES FOR THE CKD WATER VAPOR CONTINUUM MODEL:


Tobin, D. C., F. A. Best, P. D. Brown, S. A. Clough, R. G.
     Dedecker, R. G. Ellingson, R. K. Garcia, H. B. Howell, R. O.
     Knuteson, E. J. Mlawer, H. E. Revercomb, J. F. Short, P. F.
     van Delst, and V. P. Walden, Downwelling Spectral Radiance
     Observations at the SHEBA Ice Station: Water Vapor Continuum
     Measurements from 17-26 micrometer, J. Geophys. Res., 104,
     2081-2092, 1999.

Han, Y., J.A. Shaw, J.H.Churnside, P.D. Brown and S. A. Clough
     (1997):  Infrared spectral Radiance measurements in the
     tropical Pacific atmosphere, J. Geophys. Res.,102, 4,353-
     4,356.

Clough, S.A., The Water Vapor Continuum and its Role in Remote
     Sensing, in Optical Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Vol. 2,
     1995, OSA Technical Digest Series, (Optical Society of
     America, Washington, DC, 1995), pp 76-78.

Clough, S.A., F.X. Kneizys, E.P. Shettle, and G.P. Anderson (1986):
     Atmospheric Radiance and Transmittance:  FASCOD2, Sixth Conference
     on Atmospheric Radiation, Williamsburg, Virginia, May 1986.

Clough, S.A., R.W. Davies and R.H. Tipping (1983):  The line shape for
     collisionally broadened molecular transitions:  A quantum theory
     satisfying the fluctuation dissipation theorem, Spectral Line
     Shapes, Editor:  K. Burnett, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin-New York
     1983; also AFGL-TR-82-0281.

Davies, R. W., R.H. Tipping, and S.A. Clough (1982):
     Dipole autocorrelation function for molecular pressure broadening:
     A quantum theory which satisfies the fluctuation dissipation
     theorem.  Phys. Rev. A, 26, 3378.

Clough, S.A., F.X. Kneizys, L.S. Rothman and W.O. Gallery (1981):
     Atmospheric spectral transmittance and radiance:  FASCOD1B.
     Proceedings of the SPIE 277, 152.

Clough, S.A., F.X. Kneizys, R. Davis, R. Gamache and R. Tipping:
     Theoretical line shape for H2O vapor:  Application to the
     continuum.  Atmospheric Water Vapor, edited by A. Deepak,
     T.D. Wilkerson and L.H. Ruhnke, 52, Academic Press, New York,1980.
 

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES OF POTENTIAL INTEREST INCLUDE:

Clerbaux, C., P. Chazette, J. Hadji-Lazaro, G. Megie,J.-F. Moeller
     and S. A. Clough, Remote sensing of CO, CH4 and O3 using a
     space-borne nadir-viewing interferometer, J. Geophys. Res.,
     103, 18,999-19,013, 1998.

Mlawer, E.J., S.A. Clough, P.D. Brown, T.M. Stephens, J.C. Landry,
     A. Goldman and F.J. Murcray (1998):  Observed Atmospheric
     Collision Induced Absorption in Near Infrared Oxygen Bands.
     J. Geophys. Res., 103, 3859-3863.

Moncet, J.-L. and S.A. Clough (1997): Accelerated monochromatic
     radiative transfer for scattering atmospheres: Application of
     a new model to spectral radiance observations. J. Geophys.
     Res., 102, 21,853-21,866.

Mlawer, E.J., S.J. Taubman, P.D. Brown, M.J. Iacono and S.A.
     Clough (1997):  Radiative Transfer for Inhomogeneous
     Atmospheres:  RRTM, a Validated correlated-k model for the
     longwave. J. Geophys. Res.,102, 16,663-16,682.

Iacono, M.J. and S.A. Clough  (1996): Application of infrared
     interferometer spectrometer clear sky spectral radiance to
     investigation of climate variability. J. Geophys. Res., 101,
     29,439-29,460.

Clough, S.A. and M.J. Iacono (1995): Line-by-Line Calculations of
     Atmospheric Fluxes and Cooling Rates II: Application to
     Carbon Dioxide, Ozone, Methane, Nitrous Oxide, and the
     Halocarbons. J. Geophys. Res., 100, 16,519-16,535.

Clough, S.A., C.P. Rinsland and P.D. Brown (1995):  Retrieval of
     tropospheric ozone from simulations of nadir spectral
     radiances as observed from space, J. Geophys. Res., 100,
     16,579-16,593.

Clough, S.A., M.J. Iacono, J.-L. Moncet (1992): Line-by-Line
     Calculation of Atmospheric Fluxes and Cooling Rates:
     Application to Water Vapor.  J. Geophys. Res., 97, 15761-
     15785.

Kneizys, F.X., E.P.Shettle, L.W. Abreu, J.H. Chetwynd, Jr., G.P.
     Anderson, W.O. Gallery, J.E.A. Selby, S.A. Clough and R.W. Fenn
     (1988):  USERS GUIDE TO LOWTRAN7, AFGL-TR-88-0177.

Kneizys, F.X., E.P.Shettle, W.O. Gallery, J.H. Chetwynd, Jr.,
     L.W. Abreu,  J.E.A. Selby, S.A. Clough and R.W. Fenn (1983):
     ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMITTANCE/RADIANCE: COMPUTER CODE LOWTRAN6",
     AFGL-TR-83-0187.
 
 


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