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If Q(T) denotes the TIPS value for temperature T, then, by definition, for absolute zero Q(0) = 1, and Q increases monotonically with temperature (the intensity scaling factor being 1/Q). However, it is a function which has to be calculated separately not only for each molecule, but also for each isotopologue of each molecule.
Since HITRAN line intensities are nominally defined for 296K, the scale factor applied for line intensity at temperature T is Q(296)/Q(T).
With the release of HITRAN 2012 came a new representation of TIPS data
tabulated at 25K intervals from 60–3010 K (so, 119
numbers per molecule/isotopologue)
and a recommendation to use 4th order Lagrangian
interpolation.
With HITRAN 2016 there is new formulation: the TIPS data are now tabulated
at 1 K intervals from 1–20K, and 2K intervals above that, now with
different upper temperatures for each molecule/isotopologue (ranging from
3500–9000K), so 1000s of numbers per molecule/isotopologue.
History
TIPS data have been provided for 30 years or more by Gamache. In the original
version (1980s?), Q(T) was generated for 0–3000 K
using a 4th order polynomial
(ie 4 coefficients for each molecule/isotopologue).
The data were also provided
in tabulated form at 1 K intervals.
RFM implementation
TIPS data are provided for all molecules/isotopologues in the 2020 HITRAN
dataset (and a couple more: C3H4 and CH3 — see
list of RFM absorbers).
The only time the
RFM is likely to encounter an unlisted molecule/isotopologue is when
it's used with an alternative database such as
GEISA
(see GEIHIT for conversion).
In these circumstances the RFM behaviour (set in module
qtfct_fnc.f90) is