title: Air- and N(2)-Broadening Parameters of Water Vapor: 604 to 2271 cm(-1).
abstract: High-resolution measurements of air- and N(2)-broadened widths and pressure-induced frequency shifts of water vapor were obtained covering the spectral region between 604 and 2271 cm(-1). Over 1300 vibration-rotation transitions were measured including the (000)-(000), (010)-(010), (010)-(000), (020)-(010), and (100)-(010) vibrational bands of H(2)(16)O. Also included were measurements of H(2)(18)O and H(2)(17)O from normal water vapor samples and H(2)(18)O + N(2) observations with oxygen-18-enriched gas samples. Collision-narrowing effects were observed in a few lines involving high J and low K(a) transitions with the lowest measured linewidth coefficient equal to 0.0057(4) cm(-1)/atm (air-broadening) for the completely overlapping transitions, 17 0 17 <-- 18 1 18 and 17 1 17 <-- 18 0 18, at 1235.204 cm(-1). The majority of the linewidth values were derived from the measurements using a Voigt line profile. A few lines with air- or N(2)-broadened half-width values of about 0.012 cm(-1) or less were found to exhibit collision-narrowing effects and were also analyzed with a profile proposed by Galatry. The results are compared to values given in previous studies. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.
authors.affiliation: California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, 91109
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Toth