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The GEISA-2015 sub-database of absorption cross-sections
As recalled in Jacquinet-Husson et al. (2016), besides the line transition parameters data catalog itself, GEISA includes, a second catalog, providing, at various temperatures and pressures, the cross-sections of molecules for which spectral line parameters are incomplete or unavailable; generally these are ‘large’ molecules for which the generation of line parameters is very difficult.
As in the previous editions of GEISA, the absorption cross-sections , σ, at a given wavenumber ω, are determined through the following expression:
σ (ω)= ( ln [ I0(ω) / I(ω) ] ) / n*l
where :
- ln is the natural logarithm
- ω is the wavenumber (cm-1)
- I0(ω) and I(ω) are the intensities at wavenumber ω , of the incident and transmitted radiation, respectively
- n is the number of absorbing molecules (molecule cm-3)
- l is the optical path length (cm)
σ (ω) is expressed in cm2 molecule-1 units.
Starting from the previous GEISA 2011 archive as described in Jacquinet-Husson et al. (2008, 2011), the 2015 version has been enriched by several molecular species in a larger spectral range
Cross-sections are available in two spectral regions: the infrared and the ultraviolet/visible.
It should be noticed that pressure and temperature ranges depend on the molecular species and on the data sources.
Unchanged :
In the spectral range 200 - 6500 cm-1, 39 molecular species already archived, in GEISA-2011, were kept, i.e.: CFC-13, CFC-113, CFC-114, CFC-115, CFC11, CFC12, CFC14, HCFC22, HCFC123, HCFC124, HFC125, HFC134a, HCFC141b, HCFC142b, HFC152a, HCFC225ca, HCFC225cb, HFC32, HFC143a, HFC134, N2O5, SF6, ClONO2; HFC-143, HCFC-21, CCl4, C2F6, C2H2, C2H4, C2H6, C3H8, C4H8, HNO4, SF5CF3, HCH-365mfc, C6H6, CH3CN, C2H3NO5, (CH3)2CO.
Updated:
Five molecular species, already present in GEISA-2011, were updated, i.e.: in the TIR (Thermal InfraRed): CFC-12, C2 H6 , C3 H8 (Propane), (CH3)2CO (Acetone); in the TIR and in the NIR (Near InfraRed), CH3CN (Acetonitrile).
New :
In the spectral range 25 – 7497 cm-1, 41 new molecular species were included in GEISA-2015 :
- In the spectral interval 25 - 4800 cm-1, 35 molecular species, i.e.: CF2=CF2 (PFC-1114), CF3CF=CF2 (PFC-1216), CF2=CFCF=CF2, CHF2OCF2CF2OCHF2 (HFE-338pcc13), HF2OCF2OCHF2 (HFE-236ca12), (CF3)2CHOCH2F (Sevoflurane), CHF2OCHClCF3 (Isoflurane), (CF3)2CFC(O)CF2CF3 (Perfluoro(2-methyl-3-pentanone), CHF2CF2CH2OCH3, CF3CF2CH2OCH3, CF3CH2OCH2CF3, (CF3)2CHOCH3, CHF2CHFOCF3, CF3CHFOCF3, CHF2OCHFCF3, CF3CHFCF2OCH2CH3, CF3CF2CF2OCHFCF3, CHF2OCH2CF3, CF3CH2OCH3, CF3CFHCF2OCF2H, CH2FCH2OH, CHF2CH2OH, CF3CH2OH, CF3CF2CH2OH, CHF2CF2CH2OH, CF3CF2CF2CH2OH, CF3CHFCF2CH2OH, CF3CH2CH2OH, CF3(CH2)2CH2OH, CF3CHO, CF3CH2CHO, CF3(CH2)2CHO, CH3OH (Methanol), CHF3 (HFC-23), CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde);
- In the near infrared (NIR), spectral interval 6600 – 7497 cm-1, 6 molecular species, i.e.: CH3I (Methyl iodide), CH3O2 (Methyldioxidanyl), H2CO (Formaldehyde), HO2 (Hydroperoxy radical), HONO (Nitrous acid), NH3 (Ammonia).
- In the Ultraviolet/Visible :
No update occurred in this spectral region. The GEISA 2011 database content has been kept, in the spectral range 7750 cm-1 to 51282 cm-1, for the following molecules and radicals: NO2, CS2, O3, SO2, O2, O2-O2, O2-N2, OClO, H2CO, OBrO, BrO, IO, OIO, and aromatic hydrocarbons; these are C6H6, C7H8 and the three isomers of (C6H4(CH3)2, as well.
General content :
Illustrations of GEISA-2015 update :
a) Evolution of GEISA-2015 infrared absorption cross-sections content since GEISA-2011 edition in percent of: (i) the couples (Temperature/Pressure) (top/left), (ii) the number of molecules (bottom/right); . Former, updated and new data, respectively in blue, green and red.
b) Repartition, by source, of GEISA-2011 updated molecules in GEISA-2015, in percent of T/P couples (top/left) and in percent of species numbers (bottom/right) : (i) Universities of Oslo and of Castilla-La-Mancha (green); (ii) University of York (red).
c) Repartition, by source, of new molecules added in GEISA-2015, in percent of T/P couples (top/left) and in percent of species numbers (bottom/right) : (i) Universities of Oslo and of Castilla-La-Mancha (green); (ii) University of York (red).
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