Atmospheric transmittance in the region near the 43-μm band head of CO_2

Abstract
Simulations have been made of atmospheric-transmittance spectra over a 5.1-km sea-level path measured by the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. New CO2 line-profile form factors were used that had been obtained previously from experiment. The simulations were found to agree well with the field spectra, supporting the validity of the CO2 line profiles used.