Measurement of water vapor line strengths in the 1.4-2.7 mu m range by tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy

摘要

Line strengths of nine water vapor absorption lines in the wavelength range between 1.37 and 2.71 mu m with line strengths of 10(-23)-10(-2) cm/molecule have been measured using direct tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (dTDLAS). Four different light sources were used: three distributed feedback (DFB) diode lasers with wavelengths of 1.37 mu m, 2.55 mu m and 2.71 mu m for measuring one application-specifically selected absorption line with each laser, and a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) radiating around 1.39 mu m for the measurement of six further absorption lines. Despite the different light sources and line strengths, a uniform measurement and data evaluation method was developed and applied to all lines, and the experimental set-up was kept as similar as possible. This allows a thorough and uniform uncertainty analysis and evaluation of the contributions of the individual experimental parameters to the uncertainty of the derived line strengths. A comprehensive and transparent uncertainty analysis is given for the measurements. Uncertainties of our measured line strengths are in the 1.1-2.5% range (k=2, 95% confidence level). Our measured line strength values agree well with line strengths in the HITRAN 2012 database and other literature sources, we realized lower uncertainties up to a factor of 5-10. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.