DIODE-LASER MEASUREMENTS OF LINE STRENGTHS AND SELF-BROADENING PARAMETERS OF WATER-VAPOR BETWEEN 300 AND 1000 K NEAR 1.31 MU-M

Tunable DFB InGaAsP diode lasers were utilized to determine water line strengths and self-broadening parameters of selected transitions betw een 7600 and 7640 cm(-1) at temperatures up to 1100 K. The measured li ne strengths are compared with HITRAN96 and HITEMP96 databases. Measur ed line strengths for six lines or grouping of lines between 300 and 1 100 K agree to within 20 to 40% with HITEMP96 databases. Self-broadeni ng coefficients and their temperature dependence were measured on four lines and compared with theoretical predictions. (C) 1998 Published b y Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.