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  • Front Cover; Atmospheric Water Vapor; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PARTICIPANTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1. CALCULATION OF VIBRATION-ROTATION ENERGY LEVELS AND INTENSITIES FOR THE WATER MOLECULE; I. INTRODUCTION; II. PROBLEMS INVOLVED; III. CALCULATION OF ENERGY LEVELS AND WAVE FUNCTIONS; IV. APPLICATION OF RESULTS; REFERENCES; DISCUSSION; CHAPTER 2. THEORETICAL LINE SHAPE FOR H2O VAPOR; APPLICATION TO THE CONTINUUM; I. DISCUSSION; II. VAN VLECK-HUBER FORMULATION; III. IMPACT APPROXIMATION; IV. MODIFIED IMPACT APPROXIMATION; V. CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 3. CONTINUUM ABSORPTION BY H2O VAPOR IN THE INFRARED AND MILLIMETER REGIONSI. INTRODUCTION; II. LINE SHAPES AND PARAMETERS; III. THE 800 cm-1 TO 1250 cm-1 REGION; IV. THE 2400 cm-1 TO 2800 cm-1 REGION; V. THE 333 cm-1 TO 825 cm-1 REGION; VI. THE 1250 cm-1 TO 2200 cm-1 REGION; VII. NEAR MILLIMETER WAVES AND MICROWAVES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4. THE WATER VAPOR CONTINUUM AS WINGS OF STRONG ABSORPTION LINES1; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THEORY; III. RESULTS; IV. CONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; DISCUSSION
  • II. MEASUREMENTS IN THE 3 cm-1 TO 30 cm-1 RANGE ON SLAT PATHS THROUGH THE ATMOSPHEREIII. MEASUREMENTS IN THE 4 cm-1 TO 17 cm-1 RANGE ON HORIZONTAL PATHS THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE; IV. MEASUREMENTS IN THE 8-MICRON to 20-MICRON WAVELENGTH RANGE; V. LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; VI. EXPLANATION OF ANOMALOUS ABSORPTION; VII. CONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR: A NEMESIS FOR MILLIMETER WAVE PROPAGATION1; I. INTRODUCTION; II. EHF RADIO PATH MODELING; III. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; IV. EXCESS WATER VAPOR ABSORPTION-EWA
  • v. CONCLUDING REMARKSREFERENCES; CHAPTER 9. THE EFFECTS OF ATMOSPHERIC REFRACTIVITY ON MICROWAVE PROPAGATION; I. INTRODUCTION; II. ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR DISTRIBUTION AND REFRACTIVITY; III. PROPAGATION EFFECTS FROM ELEVATED REFRACTIVE LAYERS; IV. EVAPORATION DUCTING; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 10. GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENTS OF MICROWAVE ABSORPTION BY TROPOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; I. INTRODUCTION; II. ONE-WAY TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENT; III. TWO-WAY TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENT; IV. SOURCE-TRACKING MEASUREMENT; V. EMISSION MEASUREMENT; VI. CONCLUDING REMARKS; SYMBOLS; REFERENCES