Spectroscopic analysis of hydrocarbons, halocarbons and related species is required in atmospheric applications such as climate-change research, tracking of pollution and biomass burning, and remote sensing. Critically evaluated line-by-line spectroscopic data are needed for such analyses. To address this need we report the large addition of spectra to the HITRAN2016 database. This extension increases the number of molecules in the database by almost a factor of 6 from that in HITRAN2012. Spectra from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory database (Appl. Spectrosc. 2004:58:1452-61) and the Hodnebrog et al. compilation (Rev Geophys 2013:51:300-78) have been integrated into HITRAN2016. Spectra from high-resolution laboratory observations, predominantly from Fourier transform spectrometers, are now provided for 328 compounds in the IR spectral range. Spectra for atmospherically-important compounds organized by chemical category are presented. The HITRAN infrastructure (www.hitran.org), HITRAN Application Programming Interface (HAPI), and best practices for searching and downloading data are discussed. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
1.Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys, Atom & Mol Phys Div, 60 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA 2.Tomsk State Univ, Lab Quantum Mech Mol & Radiat Proc, Tomsk, Russia 3.Univ Reading, Dept Meteorol, Reading, Berks, England 4.Battelle Pacific Northwest Natl Lab, Richland, WA USA 5.Ford Motor Co, Res & Adv Engn, Dearborn, MI 48121 USA 6.Univ Leicester, Dept Phys & Astron, Leicester, Leics, England 7.Univ Leicester, Natl Ctr Earth Observat, Leicester, Leics, England 8.Univ Leicester, Leicester Inst Space & Earth Observat, Leicester, Leics, England 9.Old Dominion Univ, Dept Chem & Biochem, Norfolk, VA USA 10.DLR, Inst Remote Sensing Technol, Wessling, Germany 11.St Francis Xavier Univ, Dept Phys, Antigonish, NS, Canada 12.Univ Castilla La Mancha, Fac Pharm, Dept Phys Chem, Albacete, Spain 13.IAEA, Vienna, Austria
Recommended Citation:
Kochanov, R. V.,Gordon, I. E.,Rothman, L. S.,et al. Infrared absorption cross-sections in HITRAN2016 and beyond: Expansion for climate, environment, and atmospheric applications[J]. JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER,2019-01-01,230:172-221