.atm File | ||
RFM File Formats: Atmospheric Profiles | 11MAR24 |
Profile types | |||
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*PRF_ID | Description | Units | Range |
*HGT | Altitude | km | Increase monotonically |
*PRE | Pressure | hPa | > 0, Decrease monotonically |
*TEM | Temperature | K | > 0 |
*AEROSOL | Aerosol extinction | km-1 | [6] |
*[gas] | Molecule (eg *H2O) | ppmv [7] | ≥ 0 |
*[gas][iso] | Isotopologue [8] [9] | ppmv [7] | ≥ 0 |
*[gas][iso][vib] | Vib.Tem - Kin.Tem [10] | K |
Isotopologues
(See RFM handling of Isotopologues)
Vibrational Temperatures
VMR=(no.molecules of species)/(total no.molecules)
which is, pedantically, a mole fraction rather than a volume mixing ratio.
Thus the sum of VMRs (in ppmv) of all should not be greater than 1E6
(there is a warning if this happens).
[The strict definition of VMR
uses either (total molecules of dry air), or (total molecules of other gases) as
the denominator, which become infinite for paths of, say, pure H2O]