TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE OF AIR-BROADENING AND SHIFT COEFFICIENTS OF $O_{3}$ LINES IN THE $\nu_{1}$ BAND
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1994
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Ohio State University
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We have recorded high-resolution absorption spectra of ozone broadened by dry air at a number of temperatures from $-63^{\circ} C$ to $23^{\circ} C$ using the Fourier transform spectrometer at the McMath-Pierce facility of the National Solar Observatory on Kitt Peak. The spectra cover the $600-2700 cm^{-1}$ region at $0.005 cm^{-1}$ resolution. Broadening gas pressures varied from approximately 100 to 250 Torr. Using a multispectrum nonlinear least-squares $procedure^{1-2}$, we fit 29 of these spectra simultaneously to determine the air-broadening and shift coefficients and their temperature dependences for nearly 550 lines in the $\nu_{1}$, band. Self-broadening coefficients were also determined. These results cover a wide range of rotational quantum numbers, particularly in the {R} branch, with $J^{\prime\prime} \leq 55$ and $K_{a}{^{\prime\prime}} \leq 12$. The variation of the retrieved broadening and shift parameters with the rotational quantum numbers has been examined; particularly interesting behavior is noted as the value of $K_{a^{\prime\prime}}$ approaches that of $J^{\prime}$. The broadening and Shift results compare well with previous room-temperature measurements in the $\nu_{1}$, band, and they are also consistent (within the stared uncertainties) with the few previous measurements of the temperature dependence of air-, $N_{2}$-and $O_{2}$-broadening coefficients in other $O_{3}$ bands. Results in the $\nu_{2}$ band have recently been obtained (see the following paper), and analysis of lines in the $\nu_{1}+\nu_{3}$ band is progress.
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1. D. Chris Benner, C. P. Rinsland, V. Malathy Devi, and M. A. H. Smith, 48th Ohio State University International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, ME11, June 14, 1993. 2. V. Malathy Devi, D. Chris Benner, M. A. H. Smith, and C. P. Rinsland, JQSRT, in press (1994).
Author Institution: Atmospheric Sciences Division, NASA Langley Research Center; Department of Physics, The College of William and Mary
Author Institution: Atmospheric Sciences Division, NASA Langley Research Center; Department of Physics, The College of William and Mary