Publication Date:
2019-06-27
Description:
With the aid of a high-resolution two-stage heterodyne radiometer, spectral absorption measurements of the 752.033 GHz line of water vapor were carried out, using a blackbody continuum as a background radiation source for investigating the absorptive properties of the H2O content of high altitude rocket plumes. To simulate this physical situation in a laboratory environment, a small steam jet was operated within a large high-vacuum chamber, with the H2O jet plume traversing the radiometer line of sight. The experiments verified that this rotational line is optically thick, with excitation temperatures below 100 K, in the downstream part of the plume, as predicted by theoretical modelling.
Keywords:
ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
Type:
AD-A100909
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ESD-TR-81-31
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International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves; 1; Dec. 198
Format:
text
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