L.S. Rothman, D. Jacquemart, A. Barbe, D.C. Benner, M. Birk, L.R. Brown, M. Carleer, C.Chackerian Jr, K. Chance, L.H. Coudert, V. Dana, V.M. Devi, J.-M. Flaud, R.R. Gamache, A.Goldman, J.-M. Hartmann, K.W. Jucks, A.G. Maki, J.-Y. Mandin, S.T. Massie, J. Orphal, A. Perrin, C.P. Rinsland, M.A.H. Smith, J. Tennyson, R.N. Tolchenov, R.A. Toth, J. Vander Auwera, P. Varanasi, G. Wagner,
The HITRAN molecular spectroscopic database: edition of 2000 including updates through 2001,
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiation Transfer, 2003, Volume 82, Issue 1, Pages 5-44,
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4073(03)00146-8.
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This paper describes the status circa 2001, of the HITRAN compilation that comprises the public edition available through 2001. The HITRAN compilation consists of several components useful for radiative transfer calculation codes: high-resolution spectroscopic parameters of molecules in the gas phase, absorption crosssections for molecules withvery dense spectral features, aerosol refractive indices, ultraviolet line-by-line parameters and absorption cross-sections, and associated database management software. The line-by-line portion of the database contains spectroscopic parameters for 38 molecules and their isotopologues and isotopomers suitable for calculating atmospheric transmission and radiance properties. Many more molecular species are presented in the infrared cross-section data than in the previous edition, especially the chloroHuorocarbons and their replacement gases. There is now suIcient representation so that quasi-quantitative simulations can be obtained withth e standard radiance codes.
In addition to the description and justification of new or modiJed data that have been incorporated since the last edition of HITRAN (1996), future modiJcations are indicated for cases considered to have a significant impact on remote-sensing experiments.
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