MEASUREMENTS OF LORENTZ AIR-BROADENING COEFFICIENTS AND RELATIVE INTENSITIES IN THE H2O16 PURE ROTATIONAL AND NU-2 BANDS FROM LONG HORIZONTAL PATH ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA

Lorentz air-broadening coefficients and relative intensities have been measured for forty-three lines in the pure rotational band and twenty lines in the nu-2 band of H2 O-16 between 800 and 1150 cm-1. The results were derived from analysis of nine 0.017-cm-1 resolution atmospheric absorption spectra recorded over horizontal paths of 0.5-1.5 km with the McMath Fourier transform spectrometer and main solar telescope operated on Kitt Peak by the National Solar Observatory. A nonlinear least-squares spectral fitting technique was used in the spectral analysis. The results are compared with previous measurements and calculations. In most cases, the measured pressure-broadening coefficients and intensities are significantly different from the values in the 1986 HITRAN line parameters compilation.