Abstract

During recent years a number of molecules of atmospheric interest have been studied in the laboratory in order to obtain the best possible spectral line parameters: line positions, intensities, widths and variation of these parameters with respect to temperature. The spectral line parameters are indeed essential to perform reliable and precise retrievals of optical remote sensing measurements in the atmosphere. The present talk will be devoted to the presentation of recent improved results concerning three molecules of atmospheric interest, namely ozone, nitric acid and nitrogen dioxide stressing mainly recent progress in theoretical models. It is indeed usually not possible to derive complete sets of spectral line parameters from experiment only.

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