Does anyone know any publications regarding the absorption of radiation by CO2 molecule and its radiation in infrared?
I don't know if it helps Gonçalo, but CO2 absorbs preferentially in the IR wavelengths, since for example this is the wavelengths used by the InfraRed Gas Analyzers (IRGAs) used in photosynthesis studies to measure the gas exchanges in leafs and also the wavelength used by satellite sensors in some cases.
Yes I know. But what I want to know is how to quantify it. How does the process numerically works. CO2 absorbs and emits. Energy values? Impact on temperature surrounding the molecule? The hole physical mechanism :)
There are many publication concerning the CO2 absorption and emission. However, it is important to know the context to give a suggestion. Is Gonçalo interested in the CO2 absorption in the Earth atmosphere? In some other planet atmosphere? in "brown dwarfs" atmospheres? in the interstellar medium? In some industrial process and, in this case, wich one? From the Gonçalo publications, I guess that he is interested in the Earth atmosphere radiation balance. In this case, I can suggest the very good summary of this topic in the Brendan Byrne thesis at the University of Victoria "Radiative Forcings of Well-Mixed Greenhouse Gases"
Hi,
for a start I suggest reading
L.E. Archer et al. Room temperature photoabsorption cross section
measurements of CO2 between 91,000 and 115,000/cm
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer 117(2013)88–92
There you can find more material in the references
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Vito Polcaro and Alfred Muller,
Thank you very much for your answers. You were both very helpful.
Best regards