Serabyn, E. and Weisstein, E. W. and Lis, D. C. and Pardo, J. R. (1998) Submillimeter Fourier-Transform Spectrometer Measurements of Atmospheric Opacity Above Mauna Kea. Applied Optics, 37 (12). pp. 2185-2198. ISSN 0003-6935. doi:10.1364/AO.37.002185. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20090925-114211604
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Abstract
We present accurately calibrated submillimeter atmospheric transmission spectra obtained with a Fourier-transform spectrometer at the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. These measurements cover the 0.9–0.3-mm wavelength range and are the first in a series aimed at defining the terrestrial long-wave atmospheric transmission curve. The 4.1-km altitude of the Mauna Kea site provides access to extremely low zenith water-vapor columns, permitting atmospheric observations at frequencies well above those possible from sea level. We describe the calibration procedures, present our first well-calibrated transmission spectra, and compare our results with those of a single-layer atmospheric transmission model, AT. With an empirical best-fit continuum opacity term included, this simple single-layer model provides a remarkably good fit to the opacity data for H_2O line profiles described by either van Vleck–Weisskopf or kinetic shapes.
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| Additional Information: | © 1998 Optical Society of America. Received 12 February 1997; revised manuscript received 3 November 1997. This study was supported by National Science Foundation grants AST96-15025 and ATM-9616766. We thank T. G. Phillips for a critical reading of the manuscript and R. R. Gamache and A. Bauer for helpful discussions. | |||||||||
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| Subject Keywords: | Atmospheric and oceanic optics | |||||||||
| Issue or Number: | 12 | |||||||||
| Classification Code: | * OCIS Codes: * (010.0010) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Atmospheric and oceanic optics | |||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1364/AO.37.002185 | |||||||||
| Record Number: | CaltechAUTHORS:20090925-114211604 | |||||||||
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| Official Citation: | E. Serabyn, E. W. Weisstein, D. C. Lis, and J. R. Pardo, "Submillimeter Fourier-Transform Spectrometer Measurements of Atmospheric Opacity Above Mauna Kea," Appl. Opt. 37, 2185-2198 (1998) http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-37-12-2185 | |||||||||
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| Deposited By: | George Porter | |||||||||
| Deposited On: | 30 Sep 2009 19:18 | |||||||||
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