.nte File

RFM File Formats: Non-LTE Data

02JUL24
Type
Input(s), read if NTE Flag enabled.

Description
Vibrational temperatures, partition functions and/or rotational temperatures for non-LTE calculations.

The file format originates from the GENLN2 non-LTE input data supplied by IAA Granada, Spain.

Filename(s)
Specified in *NTE section of Driver Table

Structure
File Header
!CMNT Comment record(s) (optional)
*** MODEL NSET NGAS NLEV NQPR Array sizes, read with format (3X,5I6)
For iGas = 1, NGAS Loop over gases
    MOL_ID(iGas) NISO(iGas) HITRAN index, No. isotopes
PRE(1) PRE(2) ... Pressure profile, block of NLEV numbers over multiple records
... PRE(NLEV)
0 ISET=0 is flag for Kinetic Temperature
TK(1) TK(2) ... Kinetic temperature profile, block of NLEV numbers over multiple records
... TK(NLEV)
Vibrational Partition Functions
!CMNT Comment record(s) (optional)
For iQPR = 1, NQPR Loop over Vib.Partition Fns.
    IDX_QPR(iQPR) ISO_QPR(iQPR) HITRAN and Isotope index for iQPR
    QV(1,iQPR) QV(2,iQPR) ... Partition fn profile, block of NLEV numbers over multiple records
    ... QV(NLEV,iQPR)
Vibrational Temperatures
!CMNT Comment record(s) (optional)
For iSet = 1, NSET Loop over Vib.Temp profiles
    ISET IDX_SET(iSet) ISO_SET(iSet) IVSGQ(iSet) ENERGY(iSet) [ROTID(iSet)] Single header record for each set
    TV(1,iSet) TV(2,iSet) ... Vibrational temperature profile, block of NLEV numbers over multiple records
    ... TV(NLEV,iSet)
[eof]

Fields
Field Type Description Units Range
!CMNT C80 Comment record (starts with !)
MODEL I Model ID (ignored)
NSET I No.of Vibrational Temperature sets in file > 0
NGAS I No.of different species in file > 0
NLEV I No.of profile levels in file > 0
NQPR I No.of Vib.Partition Fn profiles ≥ 0
MOL_ID(:) I (NGAS) HITRAN index of each molecule in file [1] 1:63
NISO(:) I (NGAS) No. isotopes represented for each gas
PRE(:) R (NLEV) Pressure profile hPa > 0
TK(:) R (NLEV) Kinetic Temperature profile value K > 0
IDX_QPR(:) I (NQPR) HITRAN index of Vib. Part. Fn. ∈ IDX_GAS
ISO_QPR(:) I (NQPR)Isotope# of Vib. Part. Fn. 1 : NISO
QV(:,:) R (NLEV,NQPR) Vibrational Partition Function
ISET I Vib. Temperature profile set# 1 : NSET
IDX_SET I (NSET) HITRAN index of Vib. Temp. ∈ IDX_GAS
ISO_SET(:) I (NSET) Isotope# of Vib. Temp. 1 : NISO
IVSGQ(:) I (NSET) Vibrational Level Global Quantum Number[2] > 0
ENERGY(:) R (NSET) Energy of upper vib level cm-1 > 0
ROTID(:) C9 (Optional) (NSET) HITRAN Rot. Level Local Quantum ID [3]
TV(:,:) R (NLEV,NSET) Vibrational Temperature profile value K > 0
Type: I=Integer; R=Real; D=Double Precision; Cn=character string, length n.

Notes
  1. MOL_ID: see List of Absorbers for assignments.

  2. IVSGQ: The RFM uses an [integer index] to identify each vibrational state of a molecule. These are inserted by the HITBIN program when creating the .bin binary files.

  3. ROTID: In normal use, only the vibrational temperatures TV are supplied since rotational LTE is assumed. If ROTID is specified then Rotational non-LTE is implemented for particular lines. This is matched with the last 9 characters of the HITRAN C15 string.

  4. If a purely vibrational temperature is specified for a level (no ROTID field) this becomes the default for any transitions for which no rotational ID is specified.

  5. A negative value of the vibrational quantum number IVSGQ for the upper energy of a transition results in the RFM only calculating the source function in LTE, while assuming line strength and absorption are determined by LTE (ie kinetic temperature)

Example
co_day_200km.nte