Spectroscopy from Space

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Interstellar Chemistry

   • Eric Herbst

   Pages 1-21

3. The Millimeter, Submillimeter and Far-Infrared Spectrum of Interstellar and Circumstellar Clouds

   • J. Cernicharo

   Pages 23-41

4. Submillimeter and Far-Infrared Observing Platforms for Astronomy

   • H.-W. Hübers, H. P. Röser

   Pages 43-58

5. Millimeter and Submillimeter Spectroscopy in Support of Upper Atmospheric Research

   • Edward A. Cohen

   Pages 59-71

6. Laboratory Submillimeter-Wave Spectroscopy

   • S. P. Belov, M. Yu. Tretyakov

   Pages 73-90

7. Assignment and Analysis of Complex Rotational Spectra

   • Z. Kisiel

   Pages 91-106

8. Determination of Molecular Parameters from Experimental Spectra

   • J. Demaison, K. Sarka

   Pages 107-129

9. Methanol Spectroscopy from Microwave to Infrared — Fundamentals and Applications

   • Li-Hong Xu

   Pages 131-146

10. Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE): An Overview

    • Peter Bernath

    Pages 147-160

11. Spectroscopic Measurements with MIPAS (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding)

    • Herbert Fischer

    Pages 161-169

12. Infrared Emission Spectroscopy

    • B. Carli, U. Cortesi, L. Palchetti

    Pages 171-186

13. Infrared Spectroscopy in the Atmosphere

    • J.-M. Flaud

    Pages 187-200

14. High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy

    • M. Herman, D. Hurtmans, J. Vander Auwera

    Pages 201-218

15. High Resolution Infrared Laboratory Spectroscopy of Atmospheric Constituents at DLR

    • M. Birk, D. Hausamann, F. Schreier, G. Wagner

    Pages 219-233

16. Review on the Existing Spectroscopic Databases for Atmospheric Applications

    • Agnès Perrin

    Pages 235-258

17. Spectroscopic Measurements from Space with the Focus Sensor System to Analyse Gas and Smoke Properties of High Temperature Events

    • V. Tank, P. Haschberger, K. Bochter, D. Oertel, K. Beier, F. Schreier et al.

    Pages 259-273

18. Simulation of Air Pollution in a Wind Tunnel

    • S. Civiš, Z. Zelinger, M. Střižik, Z. Jaňour

    Pages 275-299

19. Anharmonicity in the Vibrational Spectra of C60 and its Implications in Laboratory Spectroscopy and Astrophysics

    • László Nemes, Daniel A. Jelski

    Pages 301-316

20. Dream or Reality: Complete Basis Set Full Configuration Interaction Potential Energy Hypersurfaces

    • Attila G. Császár, György Tarczay, Matthew L. Leininger, Oleg L. Polyansky, Jonathan Tennyson, Wesley D. Allen

    Pages 317-339

Many satellites have recently been launched or are in preparation, which operate in the microwave to IR ranges, the main objective being to observe the earth's atmosphere or interstellar clouds. Analysis of the data they supply requires extensive laboratory work because we still only have sufficiently accurate data (line positions, intensities, and profiles) for only a few species. Furthermore, the observer community is making increasing calls for laboratory data, as new development open up new observational possibilities (such as submillimeter observation). Research on these subjects involves many different areas of specialisation in fields of research that generate a wealth of data.
In Spectroscopy from Space the people responsible for field observations explain which results they are expecting from their measurements and how laboratory people can help them to analyse their satellite data. Laboratory spectroscopists explain why what they can do now, and what kinds of experiment and theoretical development that might undertake to meet the needs of the remote sensing community. The problems of distributing reliable laboratory data in a timely way are also addressed.

• Atmospheric chemistry
• Cloud
• Wind
• astronomy
• astrophysics

• CNRS, Université de Lille I, Lille, France

  Jean Demaison

• Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

  Kamil Sarka

• Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA

  Edward A. Cohen

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