The HITRAN2016 molecular spectroscopic database
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Gordon, I. E., Rothman, L. S., Hill, C., Kochanov, R. V., Tan, Y., Bernath, P. F., Birk, M., Boudon, V., Campargue, A., Chance, K. V., Drouin, B. J., Flaud, J.- M., Gamache, R. R., Hodges, J. T., Jacquemart, D., Perevalov, V. I., Perrin, A., Shine, K., Smith, M.-A. H., Tennyson, J., Toon, G. C., Tran, H., Tyuterev, V. G., Barbe, A., Császár, A. G., Devi, V. M., Furtenbacher, T., Harrison, J. J., Hartmann, J.- M., Jolly, A., Johnson, T. J., Karman, T., Kleiner, I., Kyuberis, A. A., Loos, J., Lyulin, O. M., Massie, S. T., Mikhailenko, S. N., Moazzen- Ahmadi, N., Müller, H. S. P., Naumenko, O. V., Nikitin, A. V., Polyansky, O. L., Rey, M., Rotger, M., Sharpe, S. W., Sung, K., Starikova, E., Tashkun, S. A., Auwera, J. V., Wagner, G., Wilzewski, J., Wcisł o, P., Yu, S. and Zak, E. J. (2017) The HITRAN2016 molecular spectroscopic database. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 203. pp. 3- 69. ISSN 00224073 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2017.06.038 Available at http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/71849/ It is advisable to refer to the publisher’s version if you intend to cite from the work. See Guidance on citing . Published version at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2017.06.038 To link to this article DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2017.06.038
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I.E. Gordon a,*, L.S. Rothman a, C. Hill a,b, R.V. Kochanov a,c,Y.Tana, P.F. Bernath d, M. Birk e, V. Boudon f, A. Campargue g, K.V. Chance a, B.J. Drouin h, J.-M. Flaud i, R.R. Gamache j, J.T. Hodges k, D. Jacquemart l, V.I. Perevalov m, A. Perrin n, K.P. Shine o, M.-A.H. Smith p, J. Tennyson b, G.C. Toon h, H. Tran n, V.G. Tyuterev q, A. Barbe q, A.G. Császár r,rr, V.M. Devi s, T. Furtenbacher r, J.J. Harrison t,tt,ttt, J.-M. Hartmann n, A. Jolly i, T.J. Johnson u, T. Karman a,v, I. Kleiner i, A.A. Kyuberis a,w, J. Loos e, O.M. Lyulin m, S.T. Massie x, S.N. Mikhailenko m, N. Moazzen-Ahmadi y, H.S.P. Müller z, O.V. Naumenko m, A.V. Nikitin m, O.L. Polyansky b,w, M. Rey q, M. Rotger q, S.W. Sharpe u, K. Sung h, E. Starikova m, S.A. Tashkun m, J. Vander Auwera aa, G. Wagner e, J. Wilzewski a,e, P. Wcisło bb,S.Yuh, E.J. Zak b a Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics Division, Cambridge, MA, USA b University College London, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, London WC1E 6BT, UK c Tomsk State University, Laboratory of Quantum Mechanics of Molecules and Radiative Processes, Tomsk, Russia d Old Dominion University, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Norfolk, VA, USA e DLR, Institute for Remote Sensing Technology, Wessling, Germany f Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR 6303 CNRS, Dijon Cedex, France g Université Grenoble, Grenoble, France h California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA i Université Paris Est, LISA, Créteil, France j University of Massachusetts, Dept. of Environmental, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Lowell, MA, USA k NIST, Chemical Sciences Division, Gaithersburg, MD, USA l Université Pierre et Marie Curie, LADIR, Paris, France m Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Laboratory of Theoretical Spectroscopy, Tomsk, Russia n CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Université Paris-Saclay, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique/IPSL, 91128 Palaiseau, France o University of Reading, Dept. of Meteorology, Reading, UK p NASA Langley Research Center, Science Directorate, Hampton, VA, USA q Université de Reims, GSMA, Reims, France r MTA-ELTE Complex Chemical Systems Research Group, Budapest, Hungary s The College of William and Mary, Dept. of Physics, Williamsburg, VA, USA t University of Leicester, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Leicester, UK u Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA v Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Nijmegen, The Netherlands w Institute of Applied Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia x University of Colorado, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, USA y The University of Calgary, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Calgary, AB, Canada z University of Cologne, I. Physikalisches Institut, Cologne, Germany aa Université Libre de Bruxelles, Service de Chimie Quantique et Photophysique, C.P. 160/09, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium bb Nicolaus Copernicus University, Institute of Physics, Torun, Poland tt University of Leicester, National Centre for Earth Observation, Leicester, UK ttt University of Leicester, Leicester Institute for Space and Earth Observation, Leicester, UK rr Eötvös Loránd University, Institute of Chemistry, Budapest, Hungary
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Article history: This paper describes the contents of the 2016 edition of the HITRAN molecular spectroscopic compila- Received 23 February 2017 tion. The new edition replaces the previous HITRAN edition of 2012 and its updates during the inter- Received in revised form vening years. The HITRAN molecular absorption compilation is composed of five major components: the 29 June 2017 traditional line-by-line spectroscopic parameters required for high-resolution radiative-transfer codes, Accepted 29 June 2017 infrared absorption cross-sections for molecules not yet amenable to representation in a line-by-line Available online 5 July 2017 form, collision-induced absorption data, aerosol indices of refraction, and general tables such as partition Keywords: sums that apply globally to the data. The new HITRAN is greatly extended in terms of accuracy, spectral HITRAN coverage, additional absorption phenomena, added line-shape formalisms, and validity. Moreover, mo- Spectroscopic database lecules, isotopologues, and perturbing gases have been added that address the issues of atmospheres Molecular spectroscopy beyond the Earth. Of considerable note, experimental IR cross-sections for almost 300 additional mo- Molecular absorption Spectroscopic line parameters lecules important in different areas of atmospheric science have been added to the database. The Absorption cross-sections compilation can be accessed through www.hitran.org. Most of the HITRAN data have now been cast into Collision-induced absorption an underlying relational database structure that offers many advantages over the long-standing se- Aerosols quential text-based structure. The new structure empowers the user in many ways. It enables the in- corporation of an extended set of fundamental parameters per transition, sophisticated line-shape formalisms, easy user-defined output formats, and very convenient searching, filtering, and plotting of data. A powerful application programming interface making use of structured query language (SQL) features for higher-level applications of HITRAN is also provided. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
1. Introduction (molecule cm-2) rather than simplifying to the equivalent cm molecule-1. This article describes the data and software that have been added, modified, or enhanced in the HITRAN (High Resolution 1.1. Overview of parameters (including new ones) Transmission) compilation since the previous edition of 2012 [1] (hereafter called HITRAN2012 in the text). The line-by-line portion The traditional and probably most applied portion of HITRAN is and the absorption cross-sections of the new edition, hereafter the line list of high-resolution spectral parameters. These line-by- called HITRAN2016, have now been cast into an underlying rela- line parameters reflect values of individual transitions between tional database structure as opposed to the long-standing fixed- energy levels of rovibronic states that are required by high-re- length ASCII record format. A user-friendly powerful internet tool, solution radiative-transfer codes. These parameters are shown in HITRANonline (accessible through www.hitran.org), is provided to Tables 1 and 2. Table 1 gives an overview of parameters that are the user to query, filter, and plot sections of the data and to re- traditionally provided in the “.par” format as per HITRAN2004 [3] trieve outputs in a host of convenient formats (see Hill et al. [2]). formalism as well as broadening and shift parameters due to the
The HITRAN compilation is composed of several components pressure of H2, He and CO2 (see Wilzewski et al. [4], Hill et al. [2] that include (1) line-by-line spectroscopic parameters for high and Kochanov et al. [5] for details). Table 2 provides information resolution molecular absorption and radiance calculations (from on the parameters required for non-Voigt line-shape representa- the microwave through the ultraviolet region of the spectrum); (2) tions (see Wcisło et al. [6], Hill et al. [2] and Kochanov et al. [5] for infrared absorption cross-sections (generally representing ab- details). Ideally, they would arise from theoretically-consistent sorption by molecules that have very dense spectra or many low- calculations; however, since the emphasis in HITRAN is to provide lying vibrational modes); (3) collision-induced absorption data- the user with the most accurate values available, they are often the sets; (4) tables of aerosol refractive indices; and (5) global data values obtained from controlled laboratory measurements when that apply in a general manner to the archive. The updates to these quantum-mechanical calculations are not yet of comparable ac- five portions of HITRAN as well as the new underlying system of curacy. Nevertheless, theoretical calculations and semi-empirical data structure with accompanying internet user interface will be formulae are widely used in HITRAN to both interpolate and ex- discussed in the following sections. trapolate needed parameters for transitions missing from the The new edition of the HITRAN database substantially increases limited observed set. the database's potential to accurately model radiative processes in Section 2 presents a description of changes made to the line- the atmosphere of the Earth and other planets. Apart from im- by-line portion of HITRAN. It is organized in the order of the proving the accuracy of the existing parameters, more parameters molecules in HITRAN (a sequential number related to the entry of have been introduced, and new bands and isotopologues added. the molecule into HITRAN). The discussions in the molecular sub-
Two gases (C2N2 and COCl2) are introduced to the database for the sections give an overview of the addition of new bands, replace- first time. Finally, a very dramatic expansion of the cross-sectional ment of line positions and/or intensities, and new or modified part of the database is featured in this new edition. line-shape parameters where applicable. There are also citations to It is necessary to call attention to some specifics of the HITRAN more detailed studies of the modifications. database. The units used throughout HITRAN editions including With the recent advances in both laboratory spectrometers and this one do not strictly adhere to the SI system for both historical the power of theoretical treatments such as ab initio calculations, and application-specific reasons. Thus cm 1 (reciprocal cen- the accuracy and the access to weak, yet important, transitions timeter) is seen throughout, as is atm (atmosphere) for pressure have had a big impact on this edition of HITRAN. (in SI units of Pascals, 101,325 Pa ¼ 1 atm). Also, the symbol ν is Table 3 provides an overview of changes and additions to the used throughout for line position in cm 1, thereby dropping the database with respect to the HITRAN2012 edition. tilde ( ν˜) that is the official designation of wavenumber. The HI- The line-by-line parameters (as well as the portion of HITRAN TRAN unit for intensity is traditionally expressed as cm-1/ devoted to cross-sections) have now been cast into a relational I.E. Gordon et al. / Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer 203 (2017) 3–69 5
Table 1 Parameter identifiers in HITRANonline.
Parameters from the HITRAN2004 format in HITRANonline
Parameter Units Identifiera Description
Molecule ID – molec_id HITRAN integer identifying the molecule Isotopologue ID – local_iso_id HITRAN integer identifying the isotopologue of a particular molecule ν cm 1 nu Transition wavenumber S cm 1/(molecule cm 2) sw Transition intensity, weighted by isotopologue abundance A s 1 a Einstein A-coefficient 1 1 γair cm atm gamma_air Air-broadened Lorentzian half width at half maximum (HWHM) coeffi- cient (for Voigt lineshape) 1 1 γself cm atm gamma_self Self-broadened Lorentzian HWHM coefficient (for Voigt lineshape) E′′ cm 1 elower Lower-state energy
nair – n_air Temperature-dependence exponent for γair 1 1 δair cm atm delta_air Air pressure-induced line shift V′b – global_upper_quanta Upper-state “global” quanta in HITRAN2004 format V′′ b – global_lower_quanta Lower-state “global” quanta in HITRAN2004 format Q′ b – local_upper_quanta Upper-state “local” quanta in HITRAN2004 format Q′′ b – local_lower_quanta Lower-state “local” quanta in HITRAN2004 format Ierr b ierr Ordered list of indices corresponding to uncertainty estimates of transi- tion parameters Iref b iref Ordered list of reference identifiers for transition parameters g′– gp Upper-state statistical weight g′′ – gpp Lower-state statistical weight Metadata and other special parameters Transition ID – trans_id Unique integer identifying the transition Global Isotopologue ID – global_iso_id Global integer ID identifying the isotopologue (unique across the whole database) qns' – statep Upper-state quantum numbers in HITRANonline format qns'' – statepp Lower-state quantum numbers in HITRANonline format .par line – par_line Complete representation of the line in the HITRAN2004 160-character format Parameters for broadening by new perturbing species, Xc, and line-mixing parameters 1 1 γX cm atm gamma_X Lorentzian HWHM coefficient (for Voigt lineshape) for broadening by perturber X
nX – n_X Temperature-dependence exponent for γX
nself – n_self Temperature-dependence exponent for γself 1 1 δself cm atm delta_self Self-induced pressure line shift 1 1 1 δ′air cm atm K deltap_air Linear temperature dependence coefficient for δair 1 1 1 δ′self cm atm K deltap_self Linear temperature dependence coefficient for δself δ ′ cm 1 atm 1 K 1 deltap_H2 Linear temperature dependence coefficient for δ H2 H2 1 1 δX cm atm delta_X Pressure-induced line shift due to perturber X 1 1 Yair cm atm y_air First-order (Rosenkranz) line coupling coefficient within Voigt profile; air-broadened environment 1 1 Yself cm atm y_self First-order (Rosenkranz) line coupling coefficient within Voigt profile; air-broadened environment
a The third column header, identifier, denotes the names of the variables used in the new relational database structure. b These parameters are given in Table 1 in the way they appear in the “.par” file. However, one should note that they are stored in a flexible and substantially more detailed way in the database. cThe names containing X correspond to the foreign broadeners, where X is the name of the perturbing species (CO2,H2, He). Unless explicitly given, the parameters imply transition between lower and upper states; double primes (″) and primes (′) are for lower and upper energy states, respectively. database structure, described in Section 6.1. This underlying editions of HITRAN, the line shapes, with a very few exceptions, structure has many advantages that were not available in the were represented with the Voigt profile. It turns out, however, that previous fixed-length format of previous HITRAN editions. The this model is too simple to reproduce atmospheric spectra with database is now able to add many more parameters (becoming accuracy at the sub-percent level (see for instance Refs. [9,10]). For necessary not only for planetary atmosphere applications, but also some light molecules, in particular for molecular hydrogen (im- to satisfy sophisticated remote-sensing requirements), is not lim- portant for research on dense atmospheres of gas giants), the non- ited to constraints of field length, and can accommodate functional Voigt effects are much more pronounced [6]. At this point the forms for parameters. It also allows for a much more robust way database provides Voigt (for every transition), and speed-depen- for the managers to check for errors, whether they be by tran- dent Voigt, Galatry [11] and Hartmann-Tran [7,8] profiles para- scription, violated selection rules, incorrect quantum assignments, meters where they had been measured and validated. etc. Ab initio line-shape models, originating from first principles, are far too complex to be simply implemented in a line-by-line 1.2. New line-shape representations spectroscopic database. Therefore, a compromise between sim- plicity of the model and the fidelity of experimental spectra re- Shapes of individual transitions in molecular spectra at atmo- presentation had to be found. In recent decades, a number of spheric conditions are mainly determined by collisions and the phenomenological models that take into account both speed-de- Doppler effect. In the simplest case these two effects can be han- pendent effects and velocity-changing collisions had been ad- dled with the Voigt profile, where the collisions are described just vanced. Recently, Tran et al. developed a computationally efficient as a single-parameter exponential relaxation. In the previous algorithm [7,8] for calculating one of them, the partially-correlated 6 I.E. Gordon et al. / Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer 203 (2017) 3–69
Table 2 Parameter identifiers in HITRANonline for non-Voigt parameters.
Parameters for non-Voigt parameters Parameter Units Identifiera Description