Ethane PSEUDO-LINELIST There are two C2H6 pseudo linelists: c2h6_2720_3100.101 c2h6_1350_1496.101 The former is described in the other Readme.c2h6 file The latter is described below. INTRODUCTION. This document gives information on a C2H6 pseudo-linelist derived at JPL in May 2005. The linelist was created based on on 3 laboratory spectra taken at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), provided by Steven Sharp, and one high-resolution spectrum recorded at Kitt Peak National Solar observatory by Linda Brown. The pseudo-linelist covers the 1350-1496 cm-1 region containing the nu_6 band, which is missing from HITRAN_2004. [HITRAN_2004 contains C2H6 lines for the nu_12 (822 cm-1), nu_1 (2954 cm-1), and nu_10 (2985) bands, but not the nu_6 (1379 cm-1)]. The measurement conditions for these spectra are tabulated below. File Temp P_tot P_c2h6 l_cell spacing res. ----------------------------------------------------------- "c2h6pnnl_50C" 323.2 760.5 2.14 0.20 0.0603 0.1125 "c2h6pnnl_25C" 298.2 760.5 2.14 0.20 0.0603 0.1125 "c2h6pnnl_05C" 278.2 760.5 2.14 0.20 0.0603 0.1125 "r850530R0.017" 299.0 5.0 5.00 0.25 0.0029 0.0060 ----------------------------------------------------------- Temp - Temperature in K P_tot - total pressure in torr P_ch3cn - CH3CN partial pressure in torr l_cell - cell length in m spacing - spectral point spacing in cm-1 res. - spectral resolution in cm-1 DESCRIPTION. The laboratory transmittance spectra were simultaneously fitted (using the GFIT algorithm) by iteratively adjusting the strengths and ground-state energies of the pseudo-lines. Due to the high resolution of the Kitt Peak spectrum a pseudo-line spacing of 0.0025 cm-1 was chosen. An air broadened halfwidth of 0.068 cm-1/atm and a self broadened halfwidth of 0.300 cm-1/atm was assumed for all pseudolines. The current version of the pseudo-linelist covers a frequency range between 1350 and 1496 cm-1. This is only part of the ethane band around 1500 cm-1. This region was chosen as the Kitt Peak spectrum was contaminated with a significant amount of water, blacking out several spectral regions beyond 1496 cm-1. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. We would like to thank Steven Sharpe and Linda Brown for the C2H6 cross-sections and transmittance spectra, respectively.