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Ammonia is the fourth most abundant constituent in the atmosphere of Jupiter, after hydrogen, helium and methane.
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Radiometric models have been used to optimize instrument design or evaluate impacts of changes to the design during integration and test.
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To validate AVIRIS in flight, and in-flight calibration experiment was performed for an over-flight on May 9, 1995, at Ivanpah Playa, California, USA. In-situ measurements were used to constrain a radiative transfer code and predict the total upwelling spectral radiance incident at AVIRIS.
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Foreign-gas broadening coefficients have been measured for selected lines of ozone in the 9.2 micron region and for several R-branch lines of nitric oxide in the 5.4 micron region using a computerized tunable diode laser spectrometer. The data analysis showed the importance of fitting a Lorentzian line shape out to several times the halfwidth to obtain a correct value of the broadening coefficient. The measured broadening coefficients of nitric oxide were in good agreement with those obtained by Abels and Shaw (1966). The results of the analysis of eleven lines in the v-1 band and five lines in the v-3 band of ozone show a transition-dependent broadening coefficient. The average value of the foreign-gas broadening ceofficients for the measured v-1 and v-3 lines are 0.075 and 0.073 per cm per atm, respectively.
The precision required in making spectroscopic measurements is discussed. Remarks are directed specifically to vibration-rotation spectra rather than continuum absorptions. The ultimate precision that is required for line positions is related to the width of the lines which may be no narrower than the Doppler width. The spectroscopic methods considered are those which are of the most general value to the astronomers; those which acquire and can handle large volumes of spectra in digital form, or in a form which is compatible with computer analysis, and in a form which is at least internally consistent. The use of dye laser, grating instruments, and the most versatile instrument for laboratory spectroscopy, the Fourier transform spectrometer is discussed.