Vibrational Temperature File Format

(Extract from the RFM Software User's Manual)

.nte FILE: Non-LTE Data

Description

Vibrational temperatures and partition functions for non-LTE calculations.

Format

! comments
*** MODEL NSET NGAS NLEV NQPR
JGAS(1), NISO(1) 
JGAS(2), NISO(2) 
... 
JGAS(NGAS) NISO(NGAS)
P(1) P(2)   ...
            ...  P(NLEV)
0     [=ISET for TK]
TK(1) TK(2) ...
            ... TK(NLEV)
! Vibrational Partition functions
[repeat for IQPR = 1, NQPR ]
       JGAS(IGAS) JISO(IISO)
       QV(1,IISO,IGAS) QV(2,IISO,IGAS) ...
                           ... QV(NLEV,IISO,IGAS)
[end repeat for IQPR]
! Vibrational Temperatures
[repeat for ISET = 1, NSET]
       ISET  JGAS(IGAS) JISO(IISO) IVSGQ(ISET) ENERGY(ISET)
       TV(1,ISET), TV(2,ISET) ...
                              ... TV(NLEV,ISET)
[end repeat for ISET]
[eof]

Fields

MODEL (Integer)

Model ID, eg 1-6 for FASCODE atmospheres

NSET (Integer)

Number of Vibrational temperature sets in file

NGAS (Integer)

Number of different species in file

NLEV (Integer)

Number of profile levels in file

NQPR (Integer)

Number of vibrational partition function profiles

JGAS(NGAS) (Integer Array)

HITRAN ID for each gas

NISO(NGAS) (Integer Array)

Number of isotopes listed for each gas

P(NLEV) (Real Array)

Pressure [mb] profile

TK(NLEV) (Real Array)

Kinetic Temperature [K] profile from model

JISO(NISO(IGAS)) (Integer Array)

Isotope indices for each gas (i.e. 1,2...NISO)

QV(NLEV,NISO(IGAS),NGAS) (Real Array)

Vibrational Partition Function profile

ISET (Integer)

No.of Vibrational Temperature profile (range 1:NSET), ISET=0 is used for Kinetic Temperature profile.

IGAS (Integer)

Gas# for current set (range 1:NGAS)

ISO (Integer)

Isotope# for current set (range 1:NISO(IGAS))

IVSGQ (Integer)

Vibrational Level Global Quantum Number

ENERGY (Real)

Energy [cm-1] of Vibrational Level

TV(NLEV,NSET) (Real Array)

Vibrational Temperature [K]

Notes

1. These files are in the same format as GENLN2 non-LTE input data supplied by IAA Granada, Spain.

Example

!  Non-LTE CO2 Vibrational temperatures for US Std.Atmos
***     6     3     1     5     1
        2     1
5.529E+01, 2.871E+00, 2.190E-01, 1.050E-02, 3.200E-04
     0
    216.70, 250.40, 247.00, 198.60, 195.10
!QV   Vibrational Partition functions
     2     1
 1.000331  1.000228  1.000165  1.000171  1.000196
!TV   Vibrational Temperatures
     1     2     1     2    667.3801
210.000   201.750   195.000   195.750   198.500
     2     2     1     3   1285.4087
210.000   201.750   194.929   195.731   198.488
     3     2     1     4   1335.1317
221.986   225.341   227.785   229.493   231.004  
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