THE INFRARED REFLECTANCE OF LIQUID METHANE
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Ohio State UniversityAbstract:
Observations of methane absorption bands in the spectra of the atmospheres of some of the outer planets suggests the possibility of methane in condensed phases being present in clouds in planetary atmospheres. The scattering and absorption of solar infrared radiation by atmospheric cloud particles can be calculated from Mic theory provided that values of the optical constants $\hat{N} = n + ik$ are known. The Infrared optical constants of liquid methane have been determined from Kramers-Kronig analysis of near-normal incidence reflectance measurements. The results obtained will be presented and compared with results from previous transmission studies of solid methane.
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This work was supported by a Grant (NSC 1060) from NASA Langley Research Center. Mailing address for F. S. Mills: NASA Langley Research Center, Mail Stop 401A, Hampton, Virginia, 23665.
$^{1}$T. Z. Martin, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Hawaii (1975).
Author Institution: Department of Physics, Kansas State University
$^{1}$T. Z. Martin, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Hawaii (1975).
Author Institution: Department of Physics, Kansas State University
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