# File Fort_Sumner_balloon_Sep.amc - Model for the atmosphere above a # balloon launched from Fort Sumner, at latitude 34.5 deg N, for the # month of September. # ? ? usage: am Fort_Sumner_balloon_Sep.amc fmin fmax df zenith_angle ? ? where: fmin = minimum frequency ? fmax = maximum frequency ? df = frequency grid interval ? za = zenith angle ? ? example: am Fort_Sumner_balloon_Sep.amc 325 GHz 425 GHz 0.2 MHz 0 deg ? ? Setting df = 0.2 MHz will resolve all lines to the lowest-pressure level ? (1 mbar) in this model. Run time and output size can be considerably ? reduced by setting df = 1 MHz, for which only a small fraction of line ? cores will be unresolved. ? ? To use this file at a given flight pressure, comment out layers at ? higher pressure. The comments in this file indicating the altitude for ? each pressure level follow the CIRA-86 reference atmosphere. ? ? Because Doppler broadening is neglected, it is recommended to use this ? file for frequencies fmax < 1000 GHz. ? # # # Layer pressures and temperatures here are interpolated from the CIRA-86 # reference atmosphere for September, for 34.5 deg N latitude. # # Reference: # # Committee on Space Research (COSPAR). The COSPAR International Atmosphere # (CIRA-86), [Internet]. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, 2006-2011. # Available from # http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__dataent_CIRA . # # # Ozone mixing ratios are interpolated from the Fortuin-Kelder ozone # climatology for September, for 34.5 deg N latitude. # # Reference: # # J. Paul F. Fortuin and Hennie Kelder 1998, "An ozone climatology based # on ozonesonde and satellite measurements." JGR 103:31709. # Available from # http://www.knmi.nl/research/climate_chemistry/Data/FKClimatology/ # # # Water vapor mixing ratios are based on Fig. 5a in # # K. H. Rosenlof, A. F. Tuck, K. K. Kelly, J. M. Russell III, and # M. P. McCormick 1997, "Hemispheric asymmetries in water vapor and # inferences about transport in the lower stratosphere." JGR 102:13213 # # Here, the h2o vmr has been approximated as linear in log(P) from 4 ppm at # 100 mbar to 6 ppm at 1 mbar, and constant at 6 ppm for P < 1 mbar. # # # Command-line input for frequency grid and zenith angle includes both # value and unit. # f %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 output f GHz tau Tb K za %7 %8 tol 1.0e-4 T0 2.7 K layer Pbase 1.000 mbar # z = 48.26 km Tbase 265.602 K column dry_air vmr column o3 vmr 2.934e-06 column h2o vmr 6.0e-06 layer Pbase 2.000 mbar # z = 42.88 km Tbase 259.846 K column dry_air vmr column o3 vmr 4.058e-06 column h2o vmr 5.8e-06 layer Pbase 3.000 mbar # z = 39.86 km Tbase 252.715 K column dry_air vmr column o3 vmr 5.970e-06 column h2o vmr 5.6e-06 layer Pbase 4.000 mbar # z = 37.73 km Tbase 247.248 K column dry_air vmr column o3 vmr 7.101e-06 column h2o vmr 5.5e-06 layer Pbase 5.000 mbar # z = 36.14 km Tbase 243.057 K column dry_air vmr column o3 vmr 7.783e-06 column h2o vmr 5.3e-06 layer Pbase 6.000 mbar # z = 34.86 km Tbase 239.955 K column dry_air vmr column o3 vmr 8.208e-06 column h2o vmr 5.3e-06 layer Pbase 7.000 mbar # z = 33.75 km Tbase 237.406 K column dry_air vmr column o3 vmr 8.376e-06 column h2o vmr 5.2e-06 layer Pbase 8.000 mbar # z = 32.86 km Tbase 235.447 K column dry_air vmr column o3 vmr 8.434e-06 column h2o vmr 5.1e-06 layer Pbase 9.000 mbar # z = 32.02 km Tbase 233.632 K column dry_air vmr column o3 vmr 8.381e-06 column h2o vmr 5.1e-06 layer Pbase 10.000 mbar # z = 31.33 km Tbase 232.281 K column dry_air vmr column o3 vmr 8.329e-06 column h2o vmr 5.0e-06 layer Pbase 11.000 mbar # z = 30.65 km Tbase 230.930 K column dry_air vmr column o3 vmr 8.230e-06 column h2o vmr 5.0e-06 # layer # Pbase 12.000 mbar # z = 30.09 km # Tbase 229.731 K # column dry_air vmr # column o3 vmr 8.085e-06 # column h2o vmr 4.9e-06 # # layer # Pbase 13.000 mbar # z = 29.57 km # Tbase 228.583 K # column dry_air vmr # column o3 vmr 7.940e-06 # column h2o vmr 4.9e-06 # # layer # Pbase 14.000 mbar # z = 29.04 km # Tbase 227.434 K # column dry_air vmr # column o3 vmr 7.795e-06 # column h2o vmr 4.9e-06 # # layer # Pbase 15.000 mbar # z = 28.59 km # Tbase 226.648 K # column dry_air vmr # column o3 vmr 7.649e-06 # column h2o vmr 4.8e-06 # # layer # Pbase 16.000 mbar # z = 28.18 km # Tbase 226.160 K # column dry_air vmr # column o3 vmr 7.504e-06 # column h2o vmr 4.8e-06 # # layer # Pbase 17.000 mbar # z = 27.78 km # Tbase 225.671 K # column dry_air vmr # column o3 vmr 7.359e-06 # column h2o vmr 4.8e-06 # # layer # Pbase 18.000 mbar # z = 27.38 km # Tbase 225.182 K # column dry_air vmr # column o3 vmr 7.214e-06 # column h2o vmr 4.8e-06 # # layer # Pbase 19.000 mbar # z = 27.02 km # Tbase 224.677 K # column dry_air vmr # column o3 vmr 7.069e-06 # column h2o vmr 4.7e-06 # # layer # Pbase 20.000 mbar # z = 26.71 km # Tbase 224.150 K # column dry_air vmr # column o3 vmr 6.924e-06 # column h2o vmr 4.7e-06 # # layer # Pbase 21.000 mbar # z = 26.40 km # Tbase 223.624 K # column dry_air vmr # column o3 vmr 6.733e-06 # column h2o vmr 4.7e-06 # # layer # Pbase 22.000 mbar # z = 26.09 km # Tbase 223.098 K # column dry_air vmr # column o3 vmr 6.496e-06 # column h2o vmr 4.7e-06 # # layer # Pbase 23.000 mbar # z = 25.78 km # Tbase 222.571 K # column dry_air vmr # column o3 vmr 6.259e-06 # column h2o vmr 4.6e-06 # # layer # Pbase 24.000 mbar # z = 25.49 km # Tbase 222.076 K # column dry_air vmr # column o3 vmr 6.022e-06 # column h2o vmr 4.6e-06 # # layer # Pbase 25.000 mbar # z = 25.25 km # Tbase 221.723 K # column dry_air vmr # column o3 vmr 5.785e-06 # column h2o vmr 4.6e-06 #