title: Calculated slant-path absorption and distribution of atmospheric water vapor.
abstract: A procedure is described for determining the amount and distribution of water vapor along a slant path through the atmosphere above 13.7 km. A multilayer analysis is used in which the transmittance of each layer is calculated and the accumulative effect obtained at the altitude of observation. The method depends upon the contribution of each line to the absorptance in a finite spectral region.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Telecommunication Sciences and Aeronomy of the Environmental Science Services Administration, National Bureau of Standards, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Calfee
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Gates