Vol. 31, issue 05, article # 1

Abstract:

The software was created that allows automatic retrieval of water vapor continuum absorption from experimental data. The program includes baseline correction (if necessary), automatic correction of the experimental spectrum by frequency, automatic “spectroscopic” correction of the measured pressure value, subtraction of the spectral line local contributions, automatic selection of microwindows of transparency with the most reliable results of continuum retrieval and smoothing of the values obtained. Currently the software is intended to be used for processing Fourier measurement data, but it can be adjusted for other experimental methods.

Keywords:

water vapor, continuum absorption, continuum retrieval, experimental data

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