AFGL atmospheric constituent profiles (0.120km)
Abstract
An atmospheric data base consisting of volume mixing ratios (00 to 120km) for twenty eight (28) minor and trace gases has been assembled for use with spectral radiance transmittance models. Six reference atmospheres, each defining temperature, pressure and density as a function of altitude (selected from the U.S. Standard Supplements, 1966 and the U.S. Standard Atmosphere, 1976) provide a range of climatological choices. Analogous zonal-mean descriptions for 2O, O3, N2O, CO, and CH4 have been subsequently adapted from satellite data and/or dynamical-photochemical analyses. The remaining species are defined by single profiles, usually appropriate for U.S. Standard conditions. Because the entire profile set is preferentially based on available measurements, explicit photochemical consistency between the different species has not been maintained.
- Publication:
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Unknown
- Pub Date:
- May 1986
- Bibcode:
- 1986afgl.rept.....A
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Chemistry;
- Atmospheric Composition;
- Atmospheric Density;
- Atmospheric Models;
- Atmospheric Pressure;
- Atmospheric Temperature;
- Data Bases;
- Temperature Profiles;
- Trace Contaminants;
- Altitude;
- Carbon Monoxide;
- Methane;
- Mixing;
- Nitrogen Oxides;
- Ozone;
- Photochemical Reactions;
- Radiance;
- Telemetry;
- Temperature Ratio;
- Transmittance;
- Water Vapor;
- Geophysics