title: Water Vapor Continuum Absorption of Carbon Dioxide Laser Radiation near 10micro.
abstract: Laboratory measurements using a stabilized CO(2) laser and a 1-km long path absorption cell are presented here for pure water vapor and water vapor-air mixtures. An empirical extinction coefficient equation is presented and used to compute absorption for a variety of atmospheric slant paths. Finally, the laboratory results are confirmed by comparison with outdoor transmission studies over a 1.95-km path.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: McCoy
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Rensch
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Long